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Meanings of ne'er-do-well in English

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An idle worthless person.

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        Derogatory term for a rogue, vagrant or vagabond without means of support; a good-for-nothing louse.

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                Usage of ne'er-do-well in English
                1
                Then there was Mr. Evringham's younger son, a regular roving ne'er-do-well.
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                2
                He's a ne'er-do-well, a blacksheep and a disgrace to his family.
                Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
                3
                Kind, as men go, but a ne'er-do-well, a prodigal, a waster.
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                4
                He was a drunken ne'er-do-well, but he was my man.
                A Man Four-Square
                5
                He was a well-known ne'er-do-well among the Italian colony.
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                6
                Of his two sons, one was a ne'er-do-well.
                Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
                7
                Shall a man who is needed by his family risk his life to save a ne'er-do-well?
                Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
                8
                The sailors exchanged glances, probably thinking him a witless ne'er-do-well riding on some recent rise in fortune.
                Thief of lives
                9
                Van Persie curls in the free-kick, which is diverted behind for a corner by another Dutch ne'er-do-well.
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                10
                It is the poor woman's ne'er-do-well husband.
                An Old Man's Love
                11
                Every question is settled when some moth-eaten ne'er-do-well lets out what is known as a 'rebel yell.'
                Queed: A Novel
                12
                I put him down as a scapegrace, for he had all the winning pleasant manner of a ne'er-do-well.
                My Brilliant Career
                13
                He had idled and misspent too many years, been vaurien and ne'er-do-well too long to be sordid now.
                The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 3
                14
                He became a ringleader of a gang that infested London; a thorough mendicant and ne'er-do-well; a pest to society.
                In Darkest England, and the Way Out
                15
                In the darkness of night our plan came to seem like an atrocious outrage upon a guileless, defenceless ne'er-do-well.
                The Boss of Little Arcady
                16
                He looked entirely like a ne'er-do-well who plays a violin in the street, dressed in the most down-at-heel, sordid respectability.
                Twilight in Italy
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