no-account

[ noh-uh-kount ]
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adjective
  1. worthless; good-for-nothing; trifling.

noun
  1. a worthless person; good-for-nothing.

Origin of no-account

1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Words Nearby no-account

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How to use no-account in a sentence

  • "Instead of bein' a jackpot bunch of triflin' no-account scalawags," murmured Jack.

    Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod Raine
  • If I came here, Joseph Stagg, it would cost you more money than youve been paying these no-account women.

    Carolyn of the Corners | Ruth Belmore Endicott
  • Her man was a no-account, who spent his time fishing in summer and hunting in winter, so that all the work fell to Tillie.

    Blue Ridge Country | Jean Thomas
  • I guess maybe it's because I'm kind of no-account myself that I understand these kids and they understand me.

    Green Valley | Katharine Reynolds
  • To-day it is nothing but a no-account little Dauphinese village.

British Dictionary definitions for no-account

no-account

adjective
  1. worthless; good-for-nothing

noun
  1. a worthless person

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