"no-account" meaning in English

See no-account in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more no-account [comparative], most no-account [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} no-account (comparative more no-account, superlative most no-account)
  1. (US, Britain, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account. Tags: Britain, US, colloquial Synonyms: no-count
    Sense id: en-no-account-en-adj-tRKwPFlg Categories (other): American English, British English

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          "ref": "1898, Joel Chandler Harris, Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War, page 48",
          "text": "There are ten or fifteen hound-dogs around the yard, and they are actually too no-account to scratch the fleas off.",
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          "ref": "2001, Charles De Lint, The Onion Girl, page 274",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, John Horne Burns, Paul Fussell, The Gallery, page 124",
          "text": "You see, corporal, the human race is getting worse all the time. Each year we know less than we did in the preceding. We're more no-account now than we were five hundred years ago.",
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          "account",
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        "(US, Britain, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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