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no-account

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no-ac·count (n-kount)
adj. Informal
Worthless; good-for-nothing: my no-account brother-in-law.

no-account
adj
worthless; good-for-nothing
n
a worthless person
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.no-account - an idle worthless person
do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
Adj.1.no-account - without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
Translations
no-account [ˈnəʊəˈkaʊnt] (US)
B. Ncero m a la izquierda
no-account (US inf)
adj (= no use)nutzlos; (= up to no good)nichtsnutzig
n (no use) → Niete f (inf); (up to no good) → Nichtsnutz m


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I reckon he's somebody they think they better be on the good side of, for they've tried to please him by hiring his no-account brother to help on the farm when they can't hardly afford it, and don't want him around anyhow.
 
 
 
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