no-good slacker
- noun
- Offensive
:
vago
- Everyone in the office thinks he's a no-good slacker who never gets anything done.
Examples
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She refused to date a no-good slacker and wanted someone with ambition.
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After years of being called a no-good slacker, he finally decided to prove everyone wrong.
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Don't be a no-good slacker!
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He is such a no-good slacker.
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Everyone in the office thinks he's a no-good slacker who never gets anything done.
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After years of being called a no-good slacker, he finally decided to prove everyone wrong.
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She refused to date a no-good slacker and wanted someone with ambition.
Synonyms
142
7.2
A lazy person who others dislike for not working
33
4.6
A person who avoids work and often does very little
16
7.1
A person who is lazy and does nothing useful
9
7.0
A person who avoids work and makes little effort
5
9.9
A person who is lazy, irresponsible, and does not try to succeed
5
5.8
A person who avoids work and does very little
2
7.0
A person who avoids work and does very little
2
8.6
A person who avoids work and wastes time
1
7.2
A person who avoids work and prefers to rest
1
9.9
A person who avoids work and does very little
A person who is often lazy and late finishing tasks
Antonyms
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
no-good + slacker
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'no-good' conveys 'not good/worthless' and 'slacker' denotes a person who avoids work, so the combined meaning 'a worthless or extremely lazy person' is directly inferable from the parts. This negative adjective + noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely understand this MWE.
Etymology
The compound no-good slacker joins no-good, meaning 'useless', and slacker, meaning someone who 'avoids work'. So, picture a person who does nothing and gives no help, and that's why the phrase means 'an extremely lazy and irresponsible person'.