Definitions of good-for-nothing [ˈgʊd fərˈnʌθ ɪŋ, -ˌnʌθ-]

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Definition of 'good-for-nothing'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) good-for-nothing
worthless; of no use.

2. (n.) good-for-nothing
a worthless or useless person.

Etymology: (1705–15)

Definition of 'good-for-nothing'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught
an idle worthless person

2. (adj) good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry
without merit
"a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

Translation of 'good-for-nothing'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a person who is) useless or lazy That boy's a lazy good-for-nothing (rascal).
Afrikaans: misgewas, deugniet, niksn	Arabic: لا يَصْلُح لِشَيء	Bulgarian: не става на нищо
Brazilian: inútil	Czech: budižkničemu	German: der Nichtsnutz
Danish: uduelig	Greek: ανεπρόκοπος	Spanish: inútil, que no sirve para
Estonian: päevavaras	Farsi: بی فایده؛ نالایق	Finnish: kelvoton
French: bonà rien, bonne à rien	Hebrew: לא יוּצלַח	Hindi: बेकार या आलसी
Croatian: biti nizašto	Hungarian: mihaszna, link	Indonesian: tak berguna, malas
Icelandic: einskis nÿtur; ónytjungur	Italian: buono a nulla	Japanese: ろくでなし
Korean: 건달	Lithuanian: niekam tikęs, netikėlis	Latvian: slaists
Malay: tidak berguna	Dutch: waardeloos (persoon)	Norwegian: udugelig; lathans, døgeni
Polish: nicpoń	Persian: بی فایده؛ نالایق	Pashto: بی کاره
Portuguese: inútil	Romanian: bun de nimic	Russian: никчёмный (человек)
Slovak: povaľač, niktoš	Slovenian: pridanič	Serbian: beskoristan
Swedish: oduglig; odåga, odugling	Thai: ซึ่งไร้ประโยชน์	Turkish: bir işe yaramaz, beş para
Taiwanese: 無用或怠惰的人	Ukrainian: нікчемний; нікчема	Urdu: ناکارہ
Vietnamese: vô tích sự	Chinese: 无用的人
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