no-countadj.n.
/ˈnəʊkaʊnt/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈkaʊnt/ colloquial (chiefly U.S.).
A. adj.
= no-account adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless
naughteOE
unworthc960
nought worthOE
unworthya1240
vaina1300
lewd1362
base?1510
to be nothing toc1520
stark naught1528
nothing worth1535
worthilessa1542
draffish1543
baggage1548
dunghill?1555
valureless1563
toyish1572
worthless1573
out (forth) of door (also doors)1574
leaden1577
riff-raff1577
drafty1582
fecklessc1586
dudgeon?1589
nought-worth1589
tenpenny1592
wanwordy?a1595
shotten herring1598
nugatory1603
unvalued1604
priceless1614
unvaluable1615
valuelessa1616
waste1616
trashya1620
draffy1624
stramineous1624
invaluable1640
roly-poly?1645
nugatorious1646
perquisquilian1647
niffling1649
lazy1671
wanworth1724
little wortha1754
flimsy1756
waff1788
null1790
nothingy1801
nothingly1802
twopenny-halfpenny1809
not worth a flaw1810
garbage1817
peanut1836
duffing1839
trash1843
no-account1845
no-count1851
punky1859
rummagy1872
junky1880
skilligalee1883
footle1894
punk1896
wherry-go-nimble1901
junk1908
rinky-dink1913
schlock1916
tripe1927
duff1938
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
expendable1942
(strictly) for the birds1943
tripey1955
schlocky1960
naff1964
dipshit1968
cack1978
1847 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 6 July Dem 'talian and odder foolish tunes you is performin' aint of no 'count.]
1851 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era 17 July 113/3 Dogs is no count in these yer up States where these critturs gets carried.
1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 282 Yes, Massa, dem no 'count calves done fool me again.
1885 H. H. Jackson Zeph iii. 82 Ye miserable, mean-spirited, no-'count critter!
1895 Dial. Notes 1 372 These 'ere make-dos are no 'count.
1902 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine xviii. 145 It wasn't enough for your sickly, no-'count mother to waste my grub and money in idleness.
1920 C. E. Mulford Johnny Nelson xiii. 135 Judgin' from th' way those no-'count hosses was pullin' when they come over th' hill..I reckoned you got th' hides.
1951 W. Styron Lie down in Darkness ii. 58 What about this New Deal..gonna give all the money to a buncha no-count niggers.
1983 V. Tanzer Call it Delmarvalous ii. iii. 27 No count chicken neckers.
1988 G. Naylor Mama Day 44 Woman, ain't I worked enough today for that no-'count grand-daughter of yours?
1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 174 Skin and bones dancing, lips upcurled like oyster shells, a no-count man with a femur in his hair.
B. n.
= no-account n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant
unknownc1390
pawnc1450
semi-cipher?1550
bauble1570
Jack with the feather1581
nobody1583
winterling1585
squash1600
rush candle1628
niflec1635
nullity1657
nonentity1710
featherweight1812
underscrub1822
nyaff1825
small fish1836
no-account1840
little fish1846
peanut1864
commonplacer1874
sparrow-fart1886
Little Willie1901
pipsqueak1905
nebbish1907
pie-biter1911
blob1916
smallie1930
no-count1932
zilch1933
Mickey Mouse1935
muzhik1945
nerd1951
nothingburger1953
nerk1955
non-person1959
no-mark1982
1932 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 8 Oct. 2/3 There were counts and barons and princes and no-counts and noblemen who could sing.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind iv. 65 Dey is de shiflesses, mos' ungrateful passel of no-counts livin'.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 197/2 He's (a) no-count.
1978 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 10 Nov. 33/4 Loose Ends, a sensitive 1975 film about drifters and no-counts.
2001 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 29 Apr. a8/4 Savvy silicon corporations..have managed to convince us that our children will be miserable failures and no-counts..if they are not inundated with technology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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