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Recent Examples of no-goodnik This caricature of an all-powerful, morally bankrupt no-goodnik is actually the oldest immortal around. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2025 Musk seems to be a minister without a portfolio in charge of some no-goodnik cabal. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-goodnik
Noun
  • With both travel and programming budgets under pressure, all markets have to make a strong case to get buyer and seller bums on seats (or, more accurately, into screening booths and meeting rooms).
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Early forecasters relied on rough chart systems and educated guesswork—not all that more sophisticated than sticking your finger in the air, or relying on your uncle’s bum knee.
    Larry Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On May 3, she was seen toting around the brand's slouchy black hobo bag with gunmetal hardware before switching to one of their smaller shoulder bags for a concert later that night.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Extra hooks allow the bag to transform into a trapezoidal hobo shape.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

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“No-goodnik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-goodnik. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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