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ne'er-do-well
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Noun
Someone who spends their time idling and doing nothing in particular
One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah
A person who does not succeed
A wild and reckless person
A person who wanders from place to place as a vagrant or beggar
Adjective
Lacking in ambition or success, and having no value to society
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Noun
▲
Someone who spends their time idling and doing nothing in particular
good-for-nothing
layabout
loafer
idler
bum
shirker
lazybones
skiver
sluggard
waster
wastrel
derelict
do-nothing
drone
loser
no-account
no-good
no-goodnik
piker
rascal
rogue
scally
scoundrel
slacker
slugabed
vagrant
bludger
goof-off
black sheep
incompetent
scalawag
vagabond
worthless
gold brick
lounger
laggard
malingerer
slug
slob
couch potato
slouch
deadbeat
lotus-eater
fainéant
sloth
beachcomber
lazy person
sponger
goldbricker
lollygagger
wanderer
cadger
scrimshanker
faineant
saddo
lead-swinger
scrounger
slowcoach
clock-watcher
clock watcher
timewaster
slubberdegullion
dropout
freeloader
welcher
debtor
useless article
time-waster
loiterer
cyberslacker
dawdler
slowpoke
lingerer
straggler
lagger
poke
snail
dallier
dilly-dallier
lag
slow starter
procrastinator
tarrier
dragger
dodger
crawler
plodder
goldbrick
quitter
avoider
truant
shirk
evader
foot-dragger
sloucher
irresponsible person
quandong
passenger
work-dodger
Wearie Willie
lazy bum
failure
daydreamer
dreamer
hedonist
moocher
sidestepper
absentee
abstainer
duck-shover
wag
ne' er-do-well
lotus eater
habitual absentee
delayer
saunterer
bad boy
viewer
televiewer
lotuseater
video-gazer
TV-viewer
lazy-bones
TV viewer
sofa spud
inactive person
television viewer
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“His father was a spendthrift, an alcoholic and a
ne'er-do-well
.”
Noun
▲
One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah
black sheep
pariah
bad apple
disgraceful person
outcast
prodigal
reject
reprobate
exile
leper
refugee
castaway
expatriate
deportee
castoff
offscouring
evacuee
DP
undesirable
outlaw
outsider
untouchable
waif
derelict
vagabond
fugitive
stray
gypsy
displaced person
Ishmael
tramp
vagrant
persona non grata
hobo
wretch
recluse
foundling
asylum seeker
bum
rascal
expellee
person in exile
social outcast
emigre
expat
alien
emigrant
unperson
maroon
foreigner
renegade
outlander
non-person
migrant
stateless person
anathema
nonperson
dropout
colonial
tax exile
saddo
émigré
shipwreck
survivor
transmigrant
shipwrecked person
homeless person
person without country
D.P.
immigrant
escapee
runaway
deserter
absconder
truant
escaper
runagate
dodger
bolter
lamster
abscotchalater
walkout
fly-by-night
hunted person
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who does not succeed
failure
incompetent
loser
disappointment
flop
dud
no-hoper
washout
nobody
underachiever
born loser
deadbeat
good-for-nothing
write-off
bum
castaway
clinker
clunker
defaulter
derelict
lemon
loafer
non-achiever
no one
also-ran
beat
has-been
nonperformer
saddo
black sheep
might-have-been
moocher
no-good
nonstarter
non-starter
unsuccessful person
turkey
fiasco
debacle
catastrophe
bust
fizzle
bomb
bummer
shipwreck
miss
dead loss
frost
disaster
fail
damp squib
mess
let-down
dead duck
abortion
blunder
botch
bungle
trainwreck
shambles
calamity
wreck
hash
collapse
misstep
failing
nonperformance
misadventure
rout
implosion
nonachievement
whammy
lead balloon
nonsuccess
snafu
defeat
tragedy
balls-up
train wreck
screw-up
foul-up
false step
car crash
faux pas
sinking ship
miscarriage
jalopy
junk
reject
dog
flopperoo
bellyflop
muck
omnishambles
muddle
bodge
rabble
old banger
nonentity
unsuccessful challenger
unsuccessful candidate
defeated player
piece of junk
pig's breakfast
losel
no-go
nonrunner
misfortune
setback
blow
hopeless case
waste of space
shit show
poor performance
more ❯
Noun
▲
A wild and reckless person
scapegrace
villain
rogue
scoundrel
reprobate
wretch
baddy
knave
miscreant
evildoer
hound
devil
scamp
caitiff
rapscallion
rascal
savage
scallywag
varlet
baddie
beast
brute
fiend
heavy
meanie
meany
monster
nazi
scalawag
nointer
good-for-nothing
no-good
bad lot
black sheep
limb of Satan
scumbag
blackguard
bad egg
dastard
creep
unprincipled person
wrongdoer
snake in the grass
lowlife
cad
rotter
bounder
vagabond
crook
swindler
rat
dog
trickster
snake
charlatan
incorrigible
swine
stinker
evil-doer
wrong 'un
degenerate
profligate
troublemaker
thug
heel
wastrel
fraudster
mother
mischiefmaker
louse
ruffian
hooligan
shyster
maggot
antagonist
cheat
skunk
mischief-maker
enfant terrible
bad guy
rat fink
sinner
transgressor
hellion
thief
rake
psychopath
libertine
jerk
scum
sociopath
cretin
slimeball
lout
schmuck
bully
vermin
sleazebag
dirtbag
sleaze
sleazeball
slime
hoodlum
delinquent
shark
varmint
scuzzball
stinkard
misfeasor
malfeasant
imp
hood
spalpeen
sleeveen
cur
scrote
mofo
blighter
bad news
nasty person
bad character
SOB
black hat
pariah
skelm
outcast
turd
debauchee
vaurien
roué
scofflaw
jagoff
rakehell
barbarian
weasel
ratbag
animal
sadist
demon
ratfink
scally
pig
monstrosity
bogeyman
pond scum
son of a gun
dirty dog
nasty piece of work
unpleasant person
despicable person
joker
clown
malefactor
bum
boor
slob
buzzard
chuff
crud
toad
fink
offender
lawbreaker
outlaw
criminal
felon
convict
tyrant
supervillain
worm
bleeder
churl
reptile
robber
bandit
brigand
gangster
mugger
crumb
pill
so-and-so
racketeer
pirate
fraud
terrorist
con
desperado
crim
cheater
infractor
monkey
sneak
liar
urchin
gunman
antihero
jailbird
US
gaolbird
UK
mischief
nasty
mean person
cruel person
evil person
sleveen
butthole
culprit
ogre
rowdy
mobster
tough
trespasser
perpetrator
grifter
yob
yobbo
perp
mug
con man
con artist
hustler
roughneck
pretender
punk
guilty party
chiseller
rorter
hoon
lag
conman
goon
yardbird
hoaxer
deceiver
vandal
mountebank
gorilla
bruiser
yahoo
phoney
UK
quack
gangbanger
sharper
ghoul
gangsta
phony
US
toughie
violator
impostor
confidence trickster
confidence man
plug-ugly
fugitive
rogue trader
defrauder
lifer
bunco artist
rough
sham
toughy
juvenile delinquent
bully boy
young offender
sharp
flimflammer
ex-con
shicer
imposter
fakir
twister
magsman
illywhacker
defalcator
terror
immoralist
marauder
fake
flimflam man
prisoner
bad apple
yakuza
hoodie
humbug
trusty
chav
wrong'un
lighty
transport
faker
hoodwinker
dissembler
scozza
tsotsi
old lag
quacksalver
ringer
tregetour
stinkpot
renegade
radge
rip-off artist
archfiend
recreant
larrikin
keelie
violater
abuser
ned
derelict
suspect
puck
hypocrite
roughie
myrmidon
blackmailer
bogan
cougan
git
slicker
murderer
huckster
hellhound
scammer
wise guy
tearaway
scamster
finagler
bilker
loser
armed robber
prankster
exploiter
deluder
rounder
guilty person
masquerader
black marketeer
person responsible
lager lout
schlenter
drifter
bovver boy
counterfeit
pseudo
actor
practical joker
dingo
fallen angel
gold brick
little devil
tough guy
wanted criminal
double-crosser
con-artist
boot boy
dastardly person
sly person
con woman
double-dealer
four-flusher
confidence woman
cut-throat
public enemy number one
malevolent
universal foe
serpent
toerag
raider
daemon
pickpocket
bootlegger
riffraff
atua
adversary
troll
cutthroat
swashbuckler
face
juvie
bad person
bete noire
common enemy
poltroon
ronion
bezonian
pauper
scullion
horror
looser
beggar
cullion
pilgarlic
ingrate
killer
victimizer
disgrace
bear
opportunist
cardsharp
prodigal
idler
grafter
backstabber
oaf
devil incarnate
rotten egg
highwayman
cannibal
picaro
wild man
picaroon
tough person
bravo
inmate
goldbrick
shammer
footpad
mafioso
public enemy
problem child
hoser
simulator
counterfeiter
playactor
bilk
sharpie
cozener
skinner
chiseler
tricker
dodger
sharpy
JD
hard man
gunslinger
bushranger
Mafioso
conniver
assassin
pusher
dealer
hitman
captive
repeater
long-termer
burglar
slippery customer
gang member
impersonator
bioterrorist
rapist
shoplifter
housebreaker
pest
nuisance
cyberterrorist
embezzler
hit person
hatchet man
narcoterrorist
agroterrorist
tief
ecoterrorist
filcher
peculator
pilferer
member of a criminal gang
member of the family
member of the Mafia
deadbeat
yegg
purloiner
muscle
holdupper
cracksman
imitator
bluffer
pettifogger
empiric
casual
plant
beguiler
mimic
medicaster
scorner
duper
mocker
minx
pixie
buffoon
cutup
tyke
wag
jokester
booger
bad actor
yardie
smooth operator
tea leaf
slippery eel
rioter
bad boy
little rascal
hell-raiser
fun-maker
life of the party
little monkey
confidence artist
slimebag
scuzzbag
slimebucket
vulgarian
pervert
dirtball
deviant
reprehensible person
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who wanders from place to place as a vagrant or beggar
tramp
vagrant
vagabond
bum
hobo
beggar
derelict
drifter
sundowner
wanderer
swagman
itinerant
derro
mendicant
outcast
dosser
traveler
US
traveller
UK
bagman
beachcomber
pariah
streety
loafer
bummer
floater
crusty
panhandler
swaggie
hitchhiker
homeless
down-and-out
homeless person
bag lady
bindle stiff
good for nothing
person of no fixed address
ne'er do well
transient
nomad
gypsy
rover
wayfarer
roamer
migrant
rambler
gadabout
knockabout
bird of passage
displaced person
person of no fixed abode
street person
rolling stone
stroller
maunderer
Romany
pauper
refugee
knight of the road
explorer
overlander
guttersnipe
whaler
pilgrim
bindlestiff
outie
castaway
tinker
waif
DP
didicoi
tzigane
urchin
exile
leper
wino
beggarwoman
beggarman
reject
ragamuffin
expatriate
castoff
indigent
clochard
quandong
offscouring
Bedouin
stiff
deportee
globetrotter
undesirable
outlaw
ranger
down and out
untouchable
tatterdemalion
stray
outsider
fugitive
New Ager
have-not
travelling people
travelling folk
rascal
New Age traveller
black sheep
street urchin
persona non grata
tussocker
fence
bindle punk
streetie
pikey
beach bum
gutterpup
landloper
scrounger
unperson
stumblebum
renegade
grifter
dawdler
maverick
sponger
cadger
journeyer
hiker
social outcast
traveling worker
mooch
schnorrer
moocher
New Age traveler
down-and-outer
bag person
shopping-bag lady
shopping-bag person
gallivanter
skidrow bum
voyager
monk
adventurer
tripper
meanderer
straggler
gad
solivagant
globe-trotter
bankrupt
supplicant
mudlark
orphan
gamin
starveling
palliard
spanger
wastrel
dependent
asker
poor person
scarecrow
gamine
poverty-stricken person
street dweller
alms person
ward of state
evacuee
child
recluse
reprobate
wretch
foundling
Ishmael
asylum seeker
Bohemian
Rom
lone wanderer
excursionist
backpacker
trekker
barnstormer
immigrant
emigrant
chal
expat
Zingaro
zingana
gitana
gitano
chai
Zigeuner
settler
gyppo
sharper
bohemian
zingara
zingaro
gippy
freeloader
parasite
leech
sponge
Romani
Roma
Gypsy
Romanichal
zigeuner
Sinti
incomer
bloodsucker
newcomer
migrator
departer
mover
taker
out-migrant
in-migrant
suppliant
almswoman
almsman
hanger-on
free rider
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Adjective
▲
Lacking in ambition or success, and having no value to society
good-for-nothing
no-account
no-good
lazy
indolent
slothful
idle
apathetic
shiftless
unambitious
incompetent
irresponsible
inept
spiritless
unenterprising
feckless
inefficient
lousy
despicable
ignoble
vile
contemptible
base
wretched
abject
degenerate
mean
ignominious
sorry
depraved
low
villainous
debased
miserable
corrupt
abandoned
degraded
worthless
deplorable
thoughtless
underhanded
dishonorable
US
execrable
disgraceful
abhorrent
appalling
reprehensible
shameless
disreputable
detestable
unsavory
US
discreditable
deceitful
shameful
dirty
despisable
abominable
disagreeable
unsavoury
UK
dishonourable
UK
unprincipled
odious
meanspirited
nasty
unethical
sordid
malevolent
loathsome
unscrupulous
malicious
disrespectful
sleazy
cheap
lame
no-count
disdainable
malignant
scurvy
crass
ratty
sneaky
indecent
good-for-naught
nefarious
immoral
sneaking
cruddy
deceptive
grubby
vulgar
scabby
shoddy
slimy
meritless
graceless
scummy
slipshod
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ne'er-do-well
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