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Meanings of good-for-nothing in English

Portuguese
zero à esquerda
Catalan
desastre

An idle worthless person.

        zero à esquerda

        Without merit.

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            Person who has a life style that is a burden on others and of no use to anyone.

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                    Usage of good-for-nothing in English
                    1
                    Vacher tried to explain: 'I'm an unhappy man, a cripple, a good-for-nothing.
                    The Complete Jack the Ripper
                    2
                    It's impossible to raise the whole metro to defend one good-for-nothing station .
                    Metro 2033
                    3
                    Grant's father considered his son a shiftless good-for-nothing for 30 yrs.
                    The new yorker
                    4
                    A good-for-nothing wench kissed me on the forehead, before I could prevent it.
                    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07
                    5
                    A person who is constantly or continually criticized can become good-for-nothing.
                    Lord, change my attitude: before its too late
                    6
                    His good-for-nothing nephew had been wished on him as his assistant.
                    The new yorker
                    7
                    Another good-for-nothing scamp who comes in search of the Spanish ranchman!
                    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
                    8
                    His parents supported him, but his mother worried he might become a good-for-nothing.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    What sage remarks on the good-for-nothing sons and daughters of indiscretion and folly!
                    The Letters of Robert Burns
                    10
                    Will he not be called by them a prater, a star-gazer, a good-for-nothing?
                    The Republic
                    11
                    Wasn't it just the case that they were a bunch of good-for-nothing propellerheads?
                    Seveneves
                    12
                    A good wife is better than a good-for-nothing mistress.- Aself-evidentproposition!- Astupidtruism!
                    Tales and Novels — Volume 08
                    13
                    At that point, someone called out: 'Wake up, you good-for-nothing!
                    The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
                    14
                    I was determined to be a vagabond and a good-for-nothing.
                    Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet
                    15
                    The good-for-nothing child, leaving me to do all the work!
                    The Dean's Watch
                    16
                    He has got what he wanted, one way or the other, the good-for-nothing toady!
                    The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
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