good-for-nothing
Idle, worthless person
A good-for-nothing is a worthless or useless person—someone who contributes nothing of value: Her good-for-nothing brother hasn't held a job in years.
As an adjective, it describes such a person: that good-for-nothing husband of hers.
The term is dismissive and contemptuous, often applied to lazy relatives or unreliable partners.
Irresponsible, idle person
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- slackerIdle responsibility evader
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
shirker · wastrel · bum · idler · freeloader · parasite · malingerer · sluggard
ne'er-do-well
Irresponsible, idle person
deadbeat · shirker · wastrel · bum · idler · freeloader · parasite · malingerer · sluggard · slouch
useless
Without practical value
- worthlessLacking any value
- no-accountHaving no worth
- two-bitPetty and inferior
valueless · pointless · inept · incompetent · hopeless · pathetic · pitiful · sorry · wretched · lousy
loser
Defeated competitor
- waste of spaceUtterly useless person or thing
- bumIdle vagrant
- no-hoperSomeone certain to fail
lowlife · scoundrel · rascal · rogue · wretch · nogoodnik · tosser · wanker · dirtbag · schmuck
- lazybonescouch potato, lazybones, lazy bones, loafer, sluggard
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
good-for-nothingvaluable
Worth considerable money
worthy · worthwhile · useful · indispensable · asset
good-for-nothingindustrious
Devoted to steady effort
hardworking · diligent · ambitious · enterprising · go-getter
good-for-nothingsuccess
Favorable outcome attained
winner · achiever · superstar · high achiever · overachiever
good, goodness, good-for-nothings, nothingness, do-nothing, nothings