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- [noh goo d]
- /noʊ gʊd/
- /nəʊ ɡʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [noh goo d]
- /noʊ gʊd/
Definitions of no-good word
- adjective no-good lacking worth or merit; useless; bad: This no-good faucet never did work properly. Her no-good brother sold me the car. 1
- noun no-good a person or thing that is worthless or undependable. 1
- adjective no-good person: bad, dishonest 1
- noun no-good person: derelict, bum 1
- adjective no-good good-for-nothing; worthless 0
- noun no-good useless or worthless 0
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Origin of no-good
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1905-10
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Parts of speech for No-good
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
no-good popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for no-good
noun no-good
- beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
- born loser — (Informal) (often derogatory) A person who is habitually unsuccessful or unlucky or who is prejudged to be a failure in life, especially one with a defeatist outlook.
- debauchee — a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- dissipater — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
adj no-good
- counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- cruddy — dirty or unpleasant
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- drossy — containing dross.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.