Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

good-for-nothing

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.43 in modern English

Syllables
good--for-noth-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Useless; worthless.

noun

A person of little worth or usefulness.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

good for nothing (alternative) good-for-nothings (plural)

Phrases

good-for-nothingness

Synonyms

bastardly blown cacky chaffy cocking crapalicious cruddy cullionly draffish draffy dreckish drecky

Questions

What does good-for-nothing mean?
Useless; worthless.

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