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What is another word for 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

Lacking in ambition or success, and having no value to society

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Noun

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Someone who spends their time idling and doing nothing in particular

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“His father was a spendthrift, an alcoholic and a ne'er-do-well.”

Noun

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One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah

Noun

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A person who does not succeed

unsuccessful challenger

unsuccessful candidate

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A wild and reckless person

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

public enemy number one

member of a criminal gang

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

traveler^US

traveller^UK

person of no fixed address

person of no fixed abode

poverty-stricken person

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Lacking in ambition or success, and having no value to society

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

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