no-account
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no-ac·count
(nō′ə-kount′)adj. Informal
Worthless; good-for-nothing: my no-account brother-in-law.
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no-account
adj
worthless; good-for-nothing
n
a worthless person
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no′-account`
Informal. adj.
1. worthless; good-for-nothing; trifling.
n. 2. a worthless person; good-for-nothing.
[1835–45, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | no-account - an idle worthless person |
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" |
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no-account
(US inf)n (no use) → Niete f (inf); (up to no good) → Nichtsnutz m
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