good-for-nothings
- plural of good-for-nothing.
Example Sentences
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But now Mr. Berlusconi and the good-for-nothings need each other.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
November 18, 2011 1:36 AM One of the most interesting discoveries with OWS is how so many people can be convinced to lump all the protesters into the category of good-for-nothings.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 21, 2011
Americans no longer regard the impoverished as lazy good-for-nothings, but it is equally naive to categorize the poor as victims of an affluent majority.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You two good-for-nothings are dismissed,” he said, brushing by them and stalking out of the classroom.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
“Of all the good-for-nothings I have encountered,” shouted Cook, “surely you are the worst, the most cauliflower-eared, the good-for-nothing-est. There’s only one place left for you. The dungeon.”
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
