Perverse, infamous, worthless, vile.

Of a person: lacking worth or merit; morally deficient; contemptible, despicable.

attributive (in apposition) passing into adj.

Of persons: Morally worthless, good-for-nothing, vile, ‘scurvy.’ Obsolete.

Good-for-nothing; = losel, adj.

Good-for-nothing, worthless.

Ragged, dirty; disreputable, good-for-nothing.

= losel, adj.

Like a losel, good-for-nothing, idle, lazy.

figurative. Rejected, waste; vile or worthless; outcast. In later use regional.

= ragamuffin, adj.

Inclined to stray or gad about without proper occupation; leading an unsettled, irregular, or disreputable life; good-for-nothing, rascally…

= good-for-nothing, adj. Cf. good-for-naught, adj.

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

Never doing any good; good-for-nothing, worthless.

Worthless, good-for-nothing; rough, ragged.

slang. In ironic use: ‘fine’, ‘prize’. Obsolete.

That behaves as a scamp, good-for-nothing.

Having the character or disposition of a scamp; characteristic of a scamp.

= worthless, adj. In later use esp.: (of a person, or a person's behaviour) unworthy, dishonest, wicked; irresponsible, lazy; promiscuous (cf. wor…

Of people: worthless, disreputable. colloquial.

= ne'er-do-well, adj. In quot. 1890 as n. with the: worthless, disreputable people as a class.

attributive. That sucks eggs. Also U.S. dialect (chiefly South and Midland), used to designate a dog regarded as the type of viciousness or…

= ne'er-do-well, adj. rare.

= sense B. 1.