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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

a worthless person

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no′-account`

Informal. adj.

1. worthless; good-for-nothing; trifling.

2. a worthless person; good-for-nothing.

[1835–45, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	no-account - an idle worthless person good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, goldbrick 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" good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-count, no-good, sorry worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

no-account

adjective

Informal. Lacking all worth and value:

drossy, good-for-nothing, inutile, no-good, valueless, worthless.

Slang: nothing.

Translations

no-account

[ˈnəʊəˈkaʊnt] (US)

A. ADJ → insignificante, inútil

B. N → cero m a la izquierda

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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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