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No-account   /noʊ-əkˈaʊnt/   Listen
No-account

adjective
1.
Without merit.  Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-count, no-good, sorry.  "A sorry excuse" , "A lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick" , "The car was a no-good piece of junk"






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"No-account" Quotes from Famous Books



... truth in that, my friend," remarked the Brown Bear. "And to think that I, who was considered the handsomest Scarecrow in the world, am now condemned to be a scrubby, no-account beast, whose only redeeming feature is that he is stuffed ...
— The Tin Woodman of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... Watterly! I didn't understand," replied Harkins, who looked upon Holcroft as a close and, as he would phrase it, no-account farmer, from whom he could never expect even a vote. "I'll go with you at once. ...
— He Fell in Love with His Wife • Edward P. Roe

... an' not one mite o' harm in one of 'em, only for some silly mortal that listens and gives the creetur a backbone. They jest lop over an' melt away, the whole batch of 'em, when Love comes near. She knows what no-account humbugs they are, you see; and they jest lop over an' melt away whenever even a little chile knows enough to say 'Go off fum ...
— Jewel's Story Book • Clara Louise Burnham

... her, because she had to put up with such a big Hulk of a no-account Husband. She was looked upon ...
— Fables in Slang • George Ade



Words linked to "No-account" :   loafer, worthless, bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout



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