good-for-nothing
adjective
[ ɡʊdfəˈnʌθɪŋ ]
• (of a person) lazy and feckless.
• "his good-for-nothing son"
Similar:
useless,
worthless,
incompetent,
inefficient,
inept,
ne'er-do-well,
lazy,
idle,
slothful,
indolent,
shiftless,
spiritless,
apathetic,
aimless,
unambitious,
unenterprising,
no-good,
no-account,
lousy,
good-for-nothing
noun
• a lazy, feckless person.
Similar:
ne'er-do-well,
layabout,
do-nothing,
idler,
loafer,
slob,
lounger,
sluggard,
laggard,
slugabed,
malingerer,
shirker,
waster,
slacker,
lazybones,
couch potato,
scrimshanker,
skiver,
lead-swinger,
wastrel,
fainéant,
for nothing
• at no cost; without payment.
• "working for nothing is a luxury I can't afford"
Similar:
free,
gratis,
without charge,
without payment,
free of charge,
at no cost,
for free,
on the house,
• to no purpose.
• "he died anyway, so it had all been for nothing"
Similar:
in vain,
to no avail,
to no purpose,
with no result,
needlessly,
pointlessly,
futilely,
bootlessly,
