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A lazy person lacking in ambition or success

A generally bad or contemptible person

A person who does not succeed

A licentious, dissolute person

A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness

A person who wanders from place to place as a vagrant or beggar

Useless, having or providing no value

Lazy, lacking in ambition or success

Villainous, criminal or wicked in nature or behavior

Of lower quality

Deserving of contempt

Lacking in purpose or use

Not showing a proper sense of care or responsibility

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Noun

A lazy person lacking in ambition or success

irresponsible person

slubberdegullion

useless article

habitual absentee

inactive person

television viewer

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“The man was fat and out of shape because he was a lazy good-for-nothing.”

Noun

A generally bad or contemptible person

unprincipled person

snake in the grass

nasty piece of work

despicable person

enfant terrible

dastardly person

unpleasant person

reprehensible person

scum of the earth

confidence trickster

juvenile delinquent

black marketeer

person responsible

practical joker

wanted criminal

confidence woman

public enemy number one

devil incarnate

slippery customer

member of a criminal gang

member of the family

member of the Mafia

smooth operator

life of the party

confidence artist

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“Some low-down, dirty good-for-nothing burglarized our home.”

Noun

A person who does not succeed

might-have-been

unsuccessful person

unsuccessful challenger

unsuccessful candidate

defeated player

pig's breakfast

poor performance

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Noun

A licentious, dissolute person

Noun

A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness

slubberdegullion

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Noun

A person who wanders from place to place as a vagrant or beggar

homeless person

good for nothing

person of no fixed address

bird of passage

displaced person

person of no fixed abode

knight of the road

travelling people

travelling folk

New Age traveller

persona non grata

traveling worker

New Age traveler

shopping-bag lady

shopping-bag person

poverty-stricken person

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Adjective

Useless, having or providing no value

inconsequential

counterproductive

disadvantageous

of no earthly use

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“Go tell your brothers to do their homework since I know they're playing their good-for-nothing video games.”

Adjective

Lazy, lacking in ambition or success

procrastinating

lacking in ambition

procrastinative

lacking in energy

disorganized^US

asleep at the wheel

disorganised^UK

asleep on the job

having spring fever

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“His father was a principled man who'd stood by him whenever he got into scrapes, never wanting to accept that his son was a good-for-nothing slacker.”

Adjective

Villainous, criminal or wicked in nature or behavior

Adjective

Of lower quality

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

leaving much to be desired

not up to snuff

bargain-basement

cheap and nasty

thrown together

not up to scratch

not good enough

twopenny-halfpenny

good for nothing

not worth a plug nickel

not worth a brass farthing

no great shakes

undistinguished

less-than-stellar

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

of poor quality

not up to standard

nothing to write home about

run-of-the-mine

fair-to-middling

common or garden

unable to do something for toffee

strictly for the birds

end-of-the-pier

foolish-looking

of little value

of no financial value

of no consequence

fair to middling

unsophisticated

of negligible value

not up to expectations

bottom-of-barrel

would fetch nothing

unable to do something to save one's life

leaving a lot to be desired

not all it's cracked up to be

of little worth

nickel-and-dime

not worth a hill of beans

of little financial value

dishonorable^US

inconsequential

beyond the pale

dishonourable^UK

beyond contempt

of little consequence

of little importance

not worth mentioning

of no importance

nothing special

of no great concern

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Deserving of contempt

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

good-for-naught

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

beneath contempt

of bad reputation

lacking dignity

unsportsmanlike

against the rules

beneath one's dignity

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Adjective

Lacking in purpose or use

without rhyme or reason

inconsequential

surplus to requirements

without direction

beside the point

devoid of intelligence

feather-brained

disorganized^US

not the full shilling

slow on the uptake

soft in the head

disorganised^UK

lacking knowledge

not thinking clearly

with a mind like a sieve

lacking in sense

lacking seriousness

dead from the neck up

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Adjective

Not showing a proper sense of care or responsibility

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