good-for-naught

Noun good-for-naught has 1 sense

• good-for-naught(n = noun.person) goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account - an idle worthless person;
is a kind of bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer
Derived form adjective good-for-naught₁

Adjective good-for-naught has 1 sense

• good-for-naught(s = adj.all) good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry - without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
Derived form noun good-for-naught₁