no-good

[ adjective noh-good; noun noh-good ]

/ adjective ˈnoʊˈgʊd; noun ˈnoʊˌgʊd /

Informal.

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adjective

lacking worth or merit; useless; bad: This no-good faucet never did work properly. Her no-good brother sold me the car.

noun

a person or thing that is worthless or undependable.

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Origin of no-good

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby no-good

noggin, nogging, Noginsk, no-go, no-go area, no-good, no-goodnik, no great shakes, no-growth, Noguchi, Noh

How to use no-good in a sentence

Lauren Ashburn on why parents should worry about this no-good, horrible idea.
Facebook Aims Low, May Allow the Under-13 Crowd to Sign Up|Lauren Ashburn|June 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I should thus have some satisfaction for the harm this no-good Noman has done me.'
The Odyssey|Homer
It was near Caulfield, on the Melbourne side of "No-good-damper swamp."
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale
"Heard him talkin' tuh that no-good, gambling smooth-talkin' hombre named Lonergan," said Gimlet.
The Lone Ranger Rides|Fran Striker

Then said Mr No-good, Away with such a fellow from the earth.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I|Francis W. Halsey
Why, Bill, I knowed you hed a no-good outfit ridin' this range; but I wasn't wise thet you hed more 'n one criminal.
The Light of Western Stars|Zane Grey

Other Idioms and Phrases with no-good

no good

Unsatisfactory, inadequate; also, no use. For example, This work is no good; it'll have to be done over, or It's no good complaining since there's nothing we can do, or I tried to appeal to his sense of generosity, but it did no good. [Mid-1800s] Also see come to an end (to no good), def. 2; do any (no) good.