ne'er-do-well
noun
[ ˈnɛːduːwɛl ]
• a person who is lazy and irresponsible.
• "a bit of a ne'er-do-well whose only interests seemed to be cards and boozing"
Similar:
good-for-nothing,
layabout,
loafer,
idler,
shirker,
sluggard,
slugabed,
drone,
black sheep,
rascal,
rogue,
scoundrel,
waster,
lazybones,
skiver,
scally,
bum,
gold brick,
goof-off,
wastrel,
fainéant,
ne'er-do-well
adjective
• lazy and irresponsible.
• "his ne'er-do-well father walked out before he was born"
