no-goods
Society's rotten apples
No-goods are worthless or disreputable people—those considered lazy, dishonest, or generally useless: Those no-goods have been loitering outside the store all day.
The term is informal and dismissive, typically applied by someone looking down on others they see as lacking ambition or moral character.
Also spelled no-goods or nogoods.
Young criminals or troublemakers
- hooligansViolent young troublemakers
- troublemakersThose causing problems deliberately
- scoundrelsDishonest, unprincipled people
- miscreantsWrongdoers or lawbreakers
ruffians · lowlifes · hoodlums · rogues · ne'er-do-wells · villains · reprobates · wrongdoers
Worthless discarded items
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- scrapDiscarded bit or tussle
dross · refuse · debris · chaff · dregs · flotsam · detritus · clutter
Refuses or discards
- discardsThings thrown away
- secondsTime units, or extras
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
- flawedHaving faults or imperfections
damaged · substandard · faulty · imperfect · culls · returns · unsaleable · blemished
delinquents
Young criminals or troublemakers
- hooligansViolent young troublemakers
- troublemakersThose causing problems deliberately
- scoundrelsDishonest, unprincipled people
miscreants · ruffians · lowlifes · hoodlums · rogues · ne'er-do-wells · villains · reprobates · wrongdoers · offenders
junk
Worthless discarded items
scrap · dross · refuse · debris · chaff · dregs · flotsam · detritus · clutter · useless
rejects
Refuses or discards
- discardsThings thrown away
- secondsTime units, or extras
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
flawed · damaged · substandard · faulty · imperfect · culls · returns · unsaleable · blemished · shopworn
no-goodspillars of the community
Respected, influential local figures
good people · good eggs · straight arrows · saints · paragons