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as in good-for-nothing
having no ambition, success, or value to society
tired of supporting their spendthrift, no-good daughter, who has yet to find a job commensurate with her alleged abilities
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as in worthless
having no usefulness
that no-good chair should be thrown away
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
neighbors remembered the killer as having been an utter no-good since childhood
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as in bum
an idle worthless person
we'll have to pay more than minimum wage for the job if we expect to get people other than no-goods
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Recent Examples of no-good
Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
This is going to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Archie has a no-good, very-bad day, and Dylan goes to bat for her students.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
The ordeal at Keystone gave me an up-close view of the no-good, very bad 2025-26 ski season.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
But Skipper’s pulse was not in the on-the-field operations for the Bruins (0-3) and their no-good, very bad start to the 2025 season, a slumbering crash course that led to Foster’s firing Sunday.
—Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 17 Sep. 2025
And that’s not including the likes of Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, and, as no-good property developer Ian Ventham, David Tennant.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Archie has a no-good, very-bad day, and Dylan goes to bat for her students.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
The ordeal at Keystone gave me an up-close view of the no-good, very bad 2025-26 ski season.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
That guy – the guy on whom the Bruins pinned the interim tag before Game 4 – was the breath of fresh air helping disguise the stench of an otherwise terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
I'mPhaedra Trethan, the terrible no-good baseball fan who was too tired to stay awake for all 18 innings of Game 3 of the World Series.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
And that’s not including the likes of Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, and, as no-good property developer Ian Ventham, David Tennant.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
But, on another station, R. & B.’s turn toward pop signalled another sound for Black music: Monica and Brandy’s tug-of-war over some no-good boy who wasn’t worth the time anyway; Mya and early Destiny’s Child.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023
Adjective
David Lynch's projects, the TV series Twin Peaks and the 1984 film Dune, launched MacLachlan to stardom in the '80s, before landing the role as Fred and Barney's no-good boss Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
This is going to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Archie has a no-good, very-bad day, and Dylan goes to bat for her students.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
The ordeal at Keystone gave me an up-close view of the no-good, very bad 2025-26 ski season.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
But Skipper’s pulse was not in the on-the-field operations for the Bruins (0-3) and their no-good, very bad start to the 2025 season, a slumbering crash course that led to Foster’s firing Sunday.
—Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 17 Sep. 2025
And that’s not including the likes of Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, and, as no-good property developer Ian Ventham, David Tennant.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
This is going to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day.
—Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Archie has a no-good, very-bad day, and Dylan goes to bat for her students.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
The ordeal at Keystone gave me an up-close view of the no-good, very bad 2025-26 ski season.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
That guy – the guy on whom the Bruins pinned the interim tag before Game 4 – was the breath of fresh air helping disguise the stench of an otherwise terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
I'mPhaedra Trethan, the terrible no-good baseball fan who was too tired to stay awake for all 18 innings of Game 3 of the World Series.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
And that’s not including the likes of Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, and, as no-good property developer Ian Ventham, David Tennant.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
But, on another station, R. & B.’s turn toward pop signalled another sound for Black music: Monica and Brandy’s tug-of-war over some no-good boy who wasn’t worth the time anyway; Mya and early Destiny’s Child.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-good
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The black comedy crime film is written by Niki Sheldrake and tells the story of Colin and Stanley, two good-for-nothing brothers who are faced with the repayment of their dead father’s debt to a notorious loan shark named Maggie.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 May 2024
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Yet later this year up to 40 healthy Australian volunteers may begin receiving infusions of the supposedly good-for-nothing molecule.—
ByMitch Leslie,
science.org,
8 June 2023
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Radical approaches to what is precious and what is worthless—or appraisal—have always been more than the inversion of that which is useless made priceless, what was originally meant to be ephemeral made timeless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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That essence of the girl who feels worthless and fears she’ll be found out by everyone still exists in Yasmin in Season 4.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 June 2026
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The iconic villain, portrayed by Robert Mitchum in 1962’s Cape Fear and by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 1991 version, is back on screen in the new Apple TV adaptation.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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Dead-end conflict is where the hero and the villain, the good guys and the bad guys, essentially never have any opportunity for movement or reconciliation at the end of the story.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The Kings will inevitably be criticized for making a series of bad decisions and bum deals while Fox, Barnes and Brown grace the game’s grandest stage a year after being cast off under questionable circumstances.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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The former great who played six seasons in Canada before a 17-year NFL career with the Oilers, Vikings, Seahawks and Chiefs once tried to rush back from a bum right ankle himself.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Inevitability can make companies lazy, investors less disciplined and entire industries mistake hype for adoption.—
Hebron Sher,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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This is an off-duty look perfect for meeting up with friends, especially on lazy mornings.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
27 May 2026
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Historically speaking, the Allied Supreme Commander wasn’t considered an angry brute so much as a steady diplomat who was capable of sudden, persuasive rage.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
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Even the consumer-level codes that encrypt your online banking are so hard to break that every computer on the planet working together would need longer than the age of the universe to brute-force them apart.—
David M. Ewalt,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
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Antinous later shocked the other suitors by insulting and assaulting with a footstool an elderly beggar who had spoken to him in the palace hall.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Rafay Baloch, a cybersecurity expert and author of the book Web Hacking Arsenal, says that criminals specifically look for travelers who appear disoriented.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“No-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-good. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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