Definition of "good-for-naught" []

• Without merit (adjective)
• An idle worthless person (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "So the kitchener weighed it out to him and the good-for-naught entered the shop, whereupon the man set the food before him and he ate till he had gobbled up the whole and licked the saucers and sat perplexed, knowing not how he should do with the cook concerning the price of that he had eaten, and turning his eyes about upon everything in the shop."
• ""I don't know what would become of you, you good-for-naught, if I did!" returned Mammy."
• "Then she would have gone and left them crying had not Robaccia, the blowsy wench and good-for-naught, wailed aloud and caught her by the knees."