"good-for-naught" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} good-for-naught (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of good-for-nothing Tags: archaic, not-comparable Synonyms: good-for-nothing [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-good-for-naught-en-adj-7e6DLzDX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: good-for-naughts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} good-for-naught (plural good-for-naughts)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of good-for-nothing Tags: archaic Synonyms: good-for-nothing [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-good-for-naught-en-noun-7e6DLzDX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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