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/noʊ-əkˈaʊnt/ Listen

No-account

noun

An idle worthless person. Synonyms: goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well.

adjective

Without merit. Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-count, no-good, sorry. "A sorry excuse" , "A lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick" , "The car was a no-good piece of junk"

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"No-account" Quotes from Famous Books

... what you're headed for, Deolda?" said my aunt. "Do you know what you're doing when you talk about marrying old Conboy and loving that handsome, no-account ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... did n't you tell me before?" cried the daughter. "What a delightful mystery!" She smiled with mischief. "Do you suppose after all he is some no-account? You know Russian princes are as numerous as Russian bears; they can be as great bounders and as ...

— Prince or Chauffeur? - A Story of Newport • Lawrence Perry

... justifying the engagement. Why shouldn't they marry if they wanted to? It was a free country. The girl wasn't a Come-Outer any longer, and, besides—and this carried weight in a good many households—what a black eye the marriage would be for that no-account crowd at the chapel. ...

— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln