no-good
lacking worth or merit; useless; bad: This no-good faucet never did work properly. Her no-good brother sold me the car.
a person or thing that is worthless or undependable.
Origin of no-good
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How to use no-good in a sentence
Some are refusing to do their job well and some are no-goods, sitting in closets or attics, doing nothing.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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.
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