Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no-good

/nˈoʊɡˌʊd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.92 in modern English

Syllables: no--good
IPA: /nˈoʊɡˌʊd/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no value, use or merit.

Derogatory

noun

A worthless or useless person.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild."

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

no good (alternative) no-goods (plural)

Phrases

no-good ass

Frequently Paired Words

no-good ass

Synonyms

good-for-naught good-for-nothing valueless bastardly blown cacky chaffy cocking crapalicious cruddy cullionly draffish

Questions

How do you pronounce no-good?: The recorded pronunciation is /nˈoʊɡˌʊd/.
What does no-good mean?: Having no value, use or merit.

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