what good

phrase

—used to say that one does not think that something is helpful, useful, or worth doing

What good is a college education when you can't get a job after you graduate?

What good does it do to bring an umbrella along if you are only going to leave it in the car?

I could try talking to him, but what good would that do/be? He has already made up his mind.

Examples of what good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If Washington could not even be counted on to consult its allies, defeat its adversaries, or protect its partners from the fallout of its regional misadventures, then what good were its promises? — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

This works by defining what good content looks like in each market, and using AI to score output against those benchmarks. — Georg Ell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The coder who understands what good output looks like is far more valuable than someone who can only write the code itself. — Owen Fitzpatrick, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

The professionals still know what good looks like, still understand the trade-offs, and still recognize when the AI has produced garbage. — New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for what good

• allgood
• basswood
• beechwood
• bellwood
• birchwood
• boxwood
• boyhood
• brushwood
• childhood
• cordwood
• dogwood
• driftwood