| good-for-nothing(noun, adjective, person, worthless, industrious) | |
| loafer(noun, person, lazy, industrious, bum) | |
| idler(noun, industrious, bum, idler) | |
| rogue(noun, person, bum) | |
| wastrel(noun, industrious, bum, idler) | |
| goof-off(noun, idler) | |
| scoundrel(noun, person, bum) | |
| vagrant(noun, bum, idler) | |
| goldbrick(noun, idler) | |
| layabout(noun, industrious, bum, idler) | |
| slouch(noun, slang, industrious, bum, idler) | |
| bum(noun, industrious, idler) | |
| drone(noun, industrious, idler) | |
| good-for-naught | |
| lazybones(noun, informal, industrious, idler) | |
| villain | |
| blackguard | |
| knave | |
| laggard(noun, bum) | |
| miscreant(noun, adjective) |
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