Good-for-naught (Adjective)
Meaning
Without merit; of little or no value or use; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The good-for-naught employee spent more time browsing social media than doing his actual job.
- My brother is such a good-for-naught, always relying on our parents for financial support.
- The old, rusty bike was a good-for-naught piece of junk that nobody wanted to use.
- After months of use, the phone became a good-for-naught device, unable to perform even the simplest tasks.
- He turned out to be a good-for-naught businessman, running his company into bankruptcy within a year.