no-good

Adjective
US[noh-good]/ˈnoʊˌɡʊd/2 syllables
Synonyms: good-for-nothinggood-for-naughtmeritlessno-accountno-countsorryrubber

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. 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”Synonyms: good-for-nothinggood-for-naughtmeritlessno-accountno-countsorryOpposite valuableSimilar worthless
  2. returned for lack of funds“a rubber check”“a no-good check”Synonyms: rubberOpposite goodSimilar bad
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

no-good adjective

without merit; useless; as, the car was a no-good piece of junk. Syn. — good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, sorry.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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