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good-for-nothing

adjective

  1. of no use or help to others
L1553352 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. person who has a life style that is a burden on others and of no use to anyone
L685728 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

adj

  1. Useless; worthless.

noun

  1. A person of little worth or usefulness.

    Americans might have taken some comfort from the fact that these critics also expressed similar misgivings about Rhodes Scholars coming from elsewhere. Isis, a student publication, lampooned Australians as good-for-nothings who badly needed education.