adjective
1. without merit
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a sorry horse
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a sorry excuse
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a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
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the car was a no-good piece of junk
• Syn: ↑good-for-nothing, ↑good-for-naught, ↑meritless, ↑no-account, ↑no-count, ↑sorry
• Similar to: ↑worthless
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sorriness (for: ↑sorry), ↑good-for-naught (for: ↑good-for-naught), ↑good-for-nothing (for: ↑good-for-nothing)
2. returned for lack of funds
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a rubber check
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a no-good check
• Syn: ↑rubber
• Similar to: ↑bad
• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism
• Topics: ↑banking
Useful english dictionary. 2012.