Ne'er-do-well (Noun)
Meaning
An idle worthless person.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- My son is growing up to be a ne'er-do-well, wasting his potential and always asking for handouts.
- She kicked out her lazy husband, sick of being married to a ne'er-do-well who wouldn't work or take care of the household.
- His dream of becoming a millionaire was unlikely, given that he was a self-proclaimed ne'er-do-well with no motivation or drive.
- The ne'er-do-well in our neighborhood is always causing trouble, whether it's stealing bikes or playing loud music at 3 am.
- After years of enabling him, her family finally cut off the ne'er-do-well cousin who was always asking for loans and never paying them back.