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Meaning of no-good | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A worthless or useless person.

derogatory

Equivalents

Suomi pulunnussija
ไทย ห่วย

Examples

“The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

no-good ass no-growther no-hair theorem no-hander no-height no-hit wonder

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