NE'ER-DO-WELL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An idle worthless person

Synonyms:

goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well; no-account

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ne'er-do-well" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

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