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No-account

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

... 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

Words linked to "No-account" : loafer, meritless, worthless, layabout, do-nothing, goldbrick, idler, bum