Phrase guide

no good

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

worthless or of no merit

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • That boy's no good: it's no use our trying to fix it!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, valueless, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly, draffish, draffy, dreckish, drecky, duffing, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, for the birds, fucking, garbagey, goodless, ineffectual, invaluable, jabberwocky, junky, mouldy, mucid, naughty, no-account, no good / no-good, nonvaluable, not worth a damn, not worth a dime, not worth a plug nickel, not worth a brass farthing, not worth a cent, not worth a cress, not worth a curse, not worth a Continental, not worth a farthing, not worth hell room, not worth a nickel, not worth a penny, not worth salt, not worth a whistle, nought, of no value, pissass, punk, putid, rubbishly, rubbishy, sixpenny, scabbed, screwy, scummy, shand, shit, shitey, shitstained, shitty-ass, sorry-ass, strawlike, suckworthy, tenth-rate, toshy, trinkety, triobolar, tripy, two-bit, unappreciated, unvaluable, vain, worthless, worth nothing, wutless

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

useless

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • What good is it asking you? It's no good talking to you: you never listen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fruitless, pointless, vain, bootless, barren, futile, sterile, gainless, idle, inane, ineffectual, inefficacious, inutile, no good, otiose, profitless, purposeless, tired, unavailing, unprofitable, unuseful, unutilizable, useless, void

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, good.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • You have no good excuse to do that!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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