good-for-nothingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɡʊdfəˈnʌθɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡʊdfərˌnəθɪŋ/,

/ˌɡʊdfərˈnəθɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., for prep., nothing pron. and n.

Etymology: < good adj. + for prep. + nothing pron. and n. Compare good for nothing (see good adj. 8), and (with the use as adjective) earlier good-for-nought adj.

depreciative or derogatory.

A. n.

1. A person who is of no use or help to others, esp. one who is lazy, feckless, and unreliable. Formerly also: †a useless thing (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun]

ribalda1250

brethelingc1275

filec1300

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

unsel155.

pelf1551

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

scald1575

baggage1594

arrant1605

good-for-nothing1611

hilding1611

vauneant1621

idle-pack1624

thimble-maker1654

never-do-well1664

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

blackguard1732

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

good-for-naught1773

rip1781

mauvais sujet1793

scamp1808

waffie1808

loose fish1809

ne'er-do-good1814

hard bargain1818

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

rodney1877

git1939

no-hoper1944

piss artist1962

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > thing or object

good-for-nothing1611

sooner1969

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person

brethelingc1275

filec1300

dogc1330

ribald1340

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

triflera1382

brothelc1390

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

vagrant1444

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

carrion1547

slim1548

unsel155.

pelf1551

shifterc1562

rag1566

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

nothing-worth1580

baggage1594

roly-poly1602

bash-rag1603

arrant1605

ragabash?1609

flabergullion1611

hilding1611

hard bargain1612

slubberdegullion1612

vauneant1621

knick-knacker1622

idle-pack1624

slabberdegullion1653

thimble-maker1654

whiffler1659

never-do-well1664

good-for-nought1671

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shabaroon1699

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

hallion1789

scamp1808

waffie1808

ne'er-do-good1814

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

good-for-nothing1847

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

toe-rag1875

rodney1877

toe-ragger1896

low-lifer1902

punk1904

lowlife1909

ringtail1916

git1939

no-hoper1944

schlub1950

piss artist1962

dead leg1964

1611 Disc. against Flatterie 42 He is..the earewig of the mightie, the bane of Courts, a friend and slaue to the trencher, and a good for nothing.

1720 C. Shadwell Sham Prince iv. 184 Methink I long to know what sort of Women your Good-for-nothings are?

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 116 After..clearing my House of Good-for-nothings.

1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xii. 228 You young good-for-nothing.

1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxix As you are a good-for-nothing, it does not matter where you are.

1887 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 2nd Ser. 183 His brother..was a good-for-nothing, with a dilapidated reputation.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) ix. xii. 271 A bunch of good-for-nothings, too lazy to work, will stir up trouble.

1962 C. M. Turnbull Forest People vi. 119 Calling out in a loud voice and denouncing Kenge as an incestuous good-for-nothing.

1999 A. Levy Fruit of Lemon 264 The man was a liar and a lazy good-for-nothing.

2. With the.

a. With plural agreement. Good-for-nothing people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person > collectively

good-for-nothing?1831

vagabondage1855

?1831 ‘C. A.’ Farmers & Clergy vi. 63 It is quite clear they could have no time to go and look after the good-for-nothing, and see what could be done with them.

1870 R. D. Owen Beyond Breakers xxxi. 171/2 The good-for-nothing are often winnowed from our acquaintance by what the world calls adversity.

1920 E. A. Ross Princ. Sociol. (1922) iii. xxxi. 388 Unless other selective agencies are substituted the good-for-nothing live longer and rear more children than formerly.

1970 J. I. Crump tr. Chan-kuo Ts'e 301 The virtuous deliberate upon mores and the good-for-nothing are restrained by them.

b. With singular agreement. That which is useless or worthless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless

unnuteOE

inutility1802

dead letter1864

good-for-nothing1873

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xiv, in Contemp. Rev. June 338 Fostering the good-for-nothing at the expense of the good, is an extreme cruelty.

1911 Improvem. Era June 728 In general terms conservation means the avoidance of waste, the utilization of the good-for-nothing.

2009 M. Dillon & J. Reid Liberal Way of War ii. viii. 154 Without the sheer gratuity of the good for nothing there would, therefore, be no ordering to speak of.

B. adj.

1. Of a person: of no use or help to others, esp. lazy, feckless, and unreliable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]

forcouthc888

goodlesseOE

undoughtya1225

voidc1380

bare1399

stark naught1528

worthilessa1542

queer1567

worthless1573

hilding1577

baggage1580

arrant1581

offal1588

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

valuelessa1616

ragamuffa1626

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

rotten1813

neat1824

scamping1832

good-for-naught1835

no good1838

scampish1847

ne'er-do-wellish1890

no good1904

upter1919

never-do-well1933

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless

forcouthc888

worthless1576

hilding1577

baggage1580

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

offala1626

ragamuffa1626

vagabond1630

good-for-nought1663

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

ragabash1818

neat1824

scamping1832

scampish1847

wutless1853

trashy1862

ne'er-do-wellish1890

suck-egg1892

never-do-well1933

punk-ass1971

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino xii. 15 The Good-for-nothing E—ter would see, What Lines are lost in his Degeneracy.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 6 Nov. (1948) II. 405 We reckon him here a good-for-nothing fellow.

1763 A. Murphy Citizen ii. i. 25 An old miserly good for nothing skin-flint.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xxv. 15 A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey.

1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. i That good-for-nothing brother of yours.

1898 Cosmopolitan June 177/2 Those girls are lazy, greedy, good-for-nothing hussies.

1935 Amer. Girl July 34/2 He was a lazy, good-for-nothing cowpuncher.

2003 A. Bromfield tr. B. Akunin Winter Queen (2004) vii. 89 All sorts of good-for-nothing riff-raff turn up as well.

2. Of a thing: devoid of any useful qualities; serving no useful purpose or end; useless, worthless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective]

leera1250

unprofitablea1398

noughtc1400

inutile1484

unutilea1500

vain1578

useless1593

unuseful1604

serviceless1608

aidless1674

unproductive1713

good-for-nothing1727

nowt1790

invaluable1803

stupid1844

dud1904

puckerooed1919

1727 J. Oldmixon Clarendon & Whitlock Compar'd v. 253 It was a sort of a good-for-nothing Place, not worth Description.

1779 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 30 Could you send me three or four hundred of those good for nothing paper dollars?

1825 Christian Spectator Feb. 73/2 To hinder, if not to prevent, the multiplication of good-for-nothing books.

1925 Amer. Mercury Jan. 14/1 Dumped down on the rocks like a good-for-nothing piece of driftwood.

2004 Daily Tel. 11 June 23/5 It's all wearyingly torpid,..not helped by a good-for-nothing orchestral score.

Derivatives

ˌgood-for-ˈnothingness n. the quality or condition of being useless or worthless; esp. laziness, fecklessness, unreliability.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [noun]

worthlessness1604

vileness1723

good-for-nothingness1740

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun]

unavailableness1548

inutility1598

disuse1628

disserviceableness1635

uselessness1641

improfitablenessa1643

unusefulness1694

good-for-nothingness1740

non-utility1775

unproductiveness1777

valuelessness1830

unprofiting1867

servicelessness1874

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness

nought?a1425

nothing-worth1580

worthlessness1604

good-for-nothingness1740

scampishness1858

ne'er-do-wellism1891

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 55 They have not kept such elaborate Records of their Good-for-nothingness.

1807 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) III. 68 You may stay and be smoke-dried in London for your good-for-nothingness.

1871 Daily News 14 Feb. The chief beauty of the custom should consist in its dainty, complimentary good-for-nothingness: a Valentine should be [etc.].

1905 Success Mag. June 411/1 I have heard much of the laziness, impertinence, and general good-for-nothingness of servants.

2011 J. Curra Relativity of Deviance (ed. 2) viii. 252 The paleness, feebleness, nervousness, and general good-for-nothingness that he saw all around him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	good-for-nothing
释义	good-for-nothingn.adj. Brit. /ˌɡʊdfəˈnʌθɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdfərˌnəθɪŋ/, /ˌɡʊdfərˈnəθɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., for prep., nothing pron. and n. Etymology: < good adj. + for prep. + nothing pron. and n. Compare good for nothing (see good adj. 8), and (with the use as adjective) earlier good-for-nought adj. depreciative or derogatory. A. n. 1. A person who is of no use or help to others, esp. one who is lazy, feckless, and unreliable. Formerly also: †a useless thing (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] ribalda1250 brethelingc1275 filec1300 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 unsel155. pelf1551 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 scald1575 baggage1594 arrant1605 good-for-nothing1611 hilding1611 vauneant1621 idle-pack1624 thimble-maker1654 never-do-well1664 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 blackguard1732 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 good-for-naught1773 rip1781 mauvais sujet1793 scamp1808 waffie1808 loose fish1809 ne'er-do-good1814 hard bargain1818 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 rodney1877 git1939 no-hoper1944 piss artist1962 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > thing or object good-for-nothing1611 sooner1969 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person brethelingc1275 filec1300 dogc1330 ribald1340 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 triflera1382 brothelc1390 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 vagrant1444 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 carrion1547 slim1548 unsel155. pelf1551 shifterc1562 rag1566 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 nothing-worth1580 baggage1594 roly-poly1602 bash-rag1603 arrant1605 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 hilding1611 hard bargain1612 slubberdegullion1612 vauneant1621 knick-knacker1622 idle-pack1624 slabberdegullion1653 thimble-maker1654 whiffler1659 never-do-well1664 good-for-nought1671 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shabaroon1699 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 hallion1789 scamp1808 waffie1808 ne'er-do-good1814 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 good-for-nothing1847 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 toe-rag1875 rodney1877 toe-ragger1896 low-lifer1902 punk1904 lowlife1909 ringtail1916 git1939 no-hoper1944 schlub1950 piss artist1962 dead leg1964 1611 Disc. against Flatterie 42 He is..the earewig of the mightie, the bane of Courts, a friend and slaue to the trencher, and a good for nothing. 1720 C. Shadwell Sham Prince iv. 184 Methink I long to know what sort of Women your Good-for-nothings are? 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 116 After..clearing my House of Good-for-nothings. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xii. 228 You young good-for-nothing. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxix As you are a good-for-nothing, it does not matter where you are. 1887 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 2nd Ser. 183 His brother..was a good-for-nothing, with a dilapidated reputation. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) ix. xii. 271 A bunch of good-for-nothings, too lazy to work, will stir up trouble. 1962 C. M. Turnbull Forest People vi. 119 Calling out in a loud voice and denouncing Kenge as an incestuous good-for-nothing. 1999 A. Levy Fruit of Lemon 264 The man was a liar and a lazy good-for-nothing. 2. With the. a. With plural agreement. Good-for-nothing people as a class. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person > collectively good-for-nothing?1831 vagabondage1855 ?1831 ‘C. A.’ Farmers & Clergy vi. 63 It is quite clear they could have no time to go and look after the good-for-nothing, and see what could be done with them. 1870 R. D. Owen Beyond Breakers xxxi. 171/2 The good-for-nothing are often winnowed from our acquaintance by what the world calls adversity. 1920 E. A. Ross Princ. Sociol. (1922) iii. xxxi. 388 Unless other selective agencies are substituted the good-for-nothing live longer and rear more children than formerly. 1970 J. I. Crump tr. Chan-kuo Ts'e 301 The virtuous deliberate upon mores and the good-for-nothing are restrained by them. b. With singular agreement. That which is useless or worthless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless unnuteOE inutility1802 dead letter1864 good-for-nothing1873 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xiv, in Contemp. Rev. June 338 Fostering the good-for-nothing at the expense of the good, is an extreme cruelty. 1911 Improvem. Era June 728 In general terms conservation means the avoidance of waste, the utilization of the good-for-nothing. 2009 M. Dillon & J. Reid Liberal Way of War ii. viii. 154 Without the sheer gratuity of the good for nothing there would, therefore, be no ordering to speak of. B. adj. 1. Of a person: of no use or help to others, esp. lazy, feckless, and unreliable. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective] forcouthc888 goodlesseOE undoughtya1225 voidc1380 bare1399 stark naught1528 worthilessa1542 queer1567 worthless1573 hilding1577 baggage1580 arrant1581 offal1588 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 valuelessa1616 ragamuffa1626 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 rotten1813 neat1824 scamping1832 good-for-naught1835 no good1838 scampish1847 ne'er-do-wellish1890 no good1904 upter1919 never-do-well1933 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless forcouthc888 worthless1576 hilding1577 baggage1580 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 offala1626 ragamuffa1626 vagabond1630 good-for-nought1663 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 ragabash1818 neat1824 scamping1832 scampish1847 wutless1853 trashy1862 ne'er-do-wellish1890 suck-egg1892 never-do-well1933 punk-ass1971 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino xii. 15 The Good-for-nothing E—ter would see, What Lines are lost in his Degeneracy. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 6 Nov. (1948) II. 405 We reckon him here a good-for-nothing fellow. 1763 A. Murphy Citizen ii. i. 25 An old miserly good for nothing skin-flint. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xxv. 15 A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. i That good-for-nothing brother of yours. 1898 Cosmopolitan June 177/2 Those girls are lazy, greedy, good-for-nothing hussies. 1935 Amer. Girl July 34/2 He was a lazy, good-for-nothing cowpuncher. 2003 A. Bromfield tr. B. Akunin Winter Queen (2004) vii. 89 All sorts of good-for-nothing riff-raff turn up as well. 2. Of a thing: devoid of any useful qualities; serving no useful purpose or end; useless, worthless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] leera1250 unprofitablea1398 noughtc1400 inutile1484 unutilea1500 vain1578 useless1593 unuseful1604 serviceless1608 aidless1674 unproductive1713 good-for-nothing1727 nowt1790 invaluable1803 stupid1844 dud1904 puckerooed1919 1727 J. Oldmixon Clarendon & Whitlock Compar'd v. 253 It was a sort of a good-for-nothing Place, not worth Description. 1779 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 30 Could you send me three or four hundred of those good for nothing paper dollars? 1825 Christian Spectator Feb. 73/2 To hinder, if not to prevent, the multiplication of good-for-nothing books. 1925 Amer. Mercury Jan. 14/1 Dumped down on the rocks like a good-for-nothing piece of driftwood. 2004 Daily Tel. 11 June 23/5 It's all wearyingly torpid,..not helped by a good-for-nothing orchestral score. Derivatives ˌgood-for-ˈnothingness n. the quality or condition of being useless or worthless; esp. laziness, fecklessness, unreliability. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [noun] worthlessness1604 vileness1723 good-for-nothingness1740 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] unavailableness1548 inutility1598 disuse1628 disserviceableness1635 uselessness1641 improfitablenessa1643 unusefulness1694 good-for-nothingness1740 non-utility1775 unproductiveness1777 valuelessness1830 unprofiting1867 servicelessness1874 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness nought?a1425 nothing-worth1580 worthlessness1604 good-for-nothingness1740 scampishness1858 ne'er-do-wellism1891 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 55 They have not kept such elaborate Records of their Good-for-nothingness. 1807 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) III. 68 You may stay and be smoke-dried in London for your good-for-nothingness. 1871 Daily News 14 Feb. The chief beauty of the custom should consist in its dainty, complimentary good-for-nothingness: a Valentine should be [etc.]. 1905 Success Mag. June 411/1 I have heard much of the laziness, impertinence, and general good-for-nothingness of servants. 2011 J. Curra Relativity of Deviance (ed. 2) viii. 252 The paleness, feebleness, nervousness, and general good-for-nothingness that he saw all around him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1611
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