no-account
2
8.9
- noun
- /noʊ əˈkaʊnt/
- Offensive
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- The reason is that we're taught (at least most of us) that if you're not working for a living, you're a no-account bum.
- lazy no-account
Examples
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Bit of a no-account, but a decent sort.
Fiction book (1996) -
Finally, our boss went on a rampage, just took and cleared that whole bunch out of there after the harvest, including some no-account individuals he brought in to cut the cane.
Fiction book (1990) -
They considered the poor peasant class to be no-accounts, ignorant and stupid, and they were little more than the property of the rulers.
Fiction book (1990) -
You remember the practically no-account cousin of Billy's; well, he had disappeared, and for a time it was feared that he had met with foul play at the hands of the raiders.
Academic text (1998) -
Dreamed of Dynasty in the nation whose snobbish and exclusive WASPs in East Coast America dismissed his family as no-account Irish strivers.
Blog text (12) -
You mean you haven't heard that Joe Smith is a lazy, no-account drunkard-- immoral, untrustworthy, utterly unattractive.
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There was distance between them, had been since she'd become pregnant with Aubrey and had married Jack Casey, the man her father had called "that no-account grease monkey from upstate."
Fiction book (2001) -
But all this nonsense about the Smiths being lazy no-accounts and dishonest blackguards is just plain slop for the hogs.
Fiction book (1990) -
You're nothing but a no-account who never contributes anything worthwhile to the team.
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Despite being labeled a no-account, she has surprising talent and potential.
Synonyms
18
2.4
A person who is not important or well known
16
7.1
A person who is lazy and does nothing useful
5
9.9
A person who is lazy, irresponsible, and does not try to succeed
3
9.9
A person who is unimportant and ignored
3
8.1
A person who is unimportant and has no influence
2
8.6
A person who avoids work and wastes time
1
9.6
A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy
A person who does little work and is not useful
A person others think is useless and not successful
Antonyms
How Worthless
- Offensive
2
6.8
- Offensive
2
8.9
- Offensive
48
7.6
- Offensive
4
7.6
- Offensive
5
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
As a noun, no-account follows the same idea: account means 'value' or 'importance', so a no-account is a person people think has 'no value' or is 'not counted'. That's why calling someone a no-account means they are seen as worthless or insignificant.