good-for-nothing

See also: good for nothing

English

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Adjective

good-for-nothing (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Useless; worthless.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worthless

Alternative forms

good for nothing

Translations

useless, worthless

Belarusian: нікчэ́мны (nikčémny)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沒用／没用 (zh) (méiyòng)
Czech: budižkničemu (cs)
Esperanto: sentaŭga
Finnish: kelvoton (fi)
French: bon à rien (fr) m
German: nutzlos (de), unbrauchbar (de), untauglich (de), unnütz (de)
Hungarian: haszontalan (hu), hasznavehetetlen (hu)
Irish: fágtha
Italian: fannullone (it) m, buono a nulla m, pigro (it) m, sfaccendato (it) m, indolente (it) m, sfaticato (it) m
Japanese: つまらない (ja) (tsumaranai), 碌でなし (ろくでなし, rokudenashi)
Latin: nēquam
Maori: kūrapa, hakihakiā, koretake
Portuguese: inútil (pt), imprestável (pt)
Russian: никчёмный (ru) (nikčómnyj), никуды́шный (ru) (nikudýšnyj)
Spanish: inútil (es), bueno para nada m, buena para nada f
Swedish: oduglig (sv)
Ukrainian: нікче́мний (nikčémnyj), нікуди́шній (nikudýšnij)

Noun

good-for-nothing (plural good-for-nothings)

A person of little worth or usefulness.
Synonyms: absolute zero, cipher, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, no-mark, nonentity; see also Thesaurus:worthless person

Translations

person of little worth or usefulness

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Burmese: ချေးထုပ် (hkye:htup)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一無是處／一无是处 (zh), 一无是处 (zh) (yīwúshìchù), 不稂不莠 (zh) (bùlángbùyǒu), 窩囊／窝囊 (zh), 窝囊 (zh) (wōnang), 沒出息／没出息 (zh), 没出息 (zh) (méi chūxi), 玩兒鬧／玩儿闹, 玩儿闹 (wánrnào), 不是東西／不是东西, 不是东西 (bù shì dōngxi)
Czech: budižkničemu (cs) m
Dutch: nietsnut (nl) m or f
Esperanto: sentaŭgulo
Finnish: nolla (fi), hulttio (fi), hanttapuli, vätys (fi), tyhjäntoimittaja (fi)
French: bon à rien (fr) m, vaurien (fr) m, nullard (fr) m
Georgian: უვარგისი (uvargisi)
German: Taugenichts (de) m, Nichtsnutz (de) m, Krattler (de) m, Tunichtgut (de) m
Greek: χαραμοφάης (el) m (charamofáis)
Ancient: μαστιγίας m (mastigías)
Haitian Creole: voryen
Hebrew: לא יוצלח‎ (he) m (Lo Yuts'lahh), חסר תועלת‎ m (chasar thoeleth)
Hungarian: semmirekellő (hu), haszontalan (hu), mihaszna (hu), jómadár (hu), díszpinty (hu), léhűtő, naplopó (hu)
Indonesian: (orang) brengsek, sampah (id)
Interlingua: (persona) inutile
Irish: cúl-le-rath m
Italian: (persona) inutile f, buono a nulla m
Japanese: 碌でなし (ろくでなし, rokudenashi), 仕様の無い (しようのない, shiyō-no nai), 下らない (ja) (くだらない, kudaranai)
Latin: nebulō m
Macedonian: па́цер m (pácer), беско́рисен m (beskórisen)
Maori: kūrapa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: døgenikt (no) m, drog (no) n
Occitan: emplastre (oc) m
Plautdietsch: Daugeniks m
Polish: nicpoń (pl) m, ladaco (pl)
Portuguese: inútil (pt) m or f, imprestável (pt) m or f, zero à esquerda (pt) m
Russian: никчёмный (ru) (nikčómnyj), бесполе́зный (ru) (bespoléznyj), никуды́шный (ru) (nikudýšnyj), безде́льник (ru) m (bezdélʹnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ништа̀рија f, нишко̀рӣсти m, про̀бисвије̄т m, бѝта̄нга m, згу̀бида̄н m, кло̀ша̄р m, љенчарија f

Roman: ništàrija (sh) m, niškòrīsti (sh) n, pròbisvijēt (sh) m, bìtānga (sh) f, zgùbidān (sh) m, klòšār (sh) m, ljenčarija f
Spanish: inútil (es), bueno para nada m, cero a la izquierda m, don nadie (es), mindundi (es), pelagatos (es), perdulario, pintamonas (es) m or f
Swedish: odugling (sv) c, slashas (sv) c, odåga (sv) c, drönare (sv) c, nolla (sv) c, klantskalle (sv) c
Thai: คนคุ้มค่าน้อย, คนไม่มีประโยชน์, คนไร้ประโยชน์
Walloon: rénnvåt (wa) c, vårén (wa) c
Welsh: oferwr m

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