All nonperformer synonyms

noun nonperformer

• disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
• also-ran — If you describe someone as an also-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.
• bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• bum — Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
• castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
• deadbeat — If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
• 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.
• derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
• dud — a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
• flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
• good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
• has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
• incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
• insolvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
• loafer — a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
• loser — a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
• moocher — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
• nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
• prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
• turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
• underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
• washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
• 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.
• lumpy — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
• no-good — lacking worth or merit; useless; bad: This no-good faucet never did work properly. Her no-good brother sold me the car.