No-good Definition & Meaning
no-good
- adjective
- without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no- good piece of junk"
- returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check"
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- What does no-good mean?
- without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no- good piece of junk" returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check"
- What part of speech is no-good?
- No-good is an adjective.
- How many definitions does no-good have?
- No-good has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).