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  1. good for nothingadjective

    useless; worthless

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of good for nothing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of good for nothing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of good for nothing in a Sentence

  1. Proverb:

    If the servant grows rich and the master poor, they are both good for nothing.

  2. John Quincy Adams:

    Law logic -- an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else.

  3. Saadi Shirazi:

    Labour like a man, and be ready in doing kindnesses. He is a good-for-nothing fellow who eateth by the toil of another?s hand.

  4. Fabrice:

    half the politicians are good-for-nothing; the others are ready to anything...

  5. Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich:

    I came into the world either too early or too late at present, I am good for nothing.


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