No-account
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: No-account is an adjective meaning (US, British, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.
Meaning
(US, British, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.
Example Sentences
"There are ten or fifteen hound-dogs around the yard, and they are actually too no-account to scratch the fleas off."
You see, corporal, the human race is getting worse all the time. Each year we know less than we did in the preceding. We're more no-account now than we were five hundred years ago.
"Well, I'm sorry to have had to be the one to give you the bad news," he says. What bad news would that be? I'm wondering. That's just one more no-account Carter for me not to have to think on.
Synonyms for no-account
Depending on context, synonyms include two-bit, useless, valueless, bastardly, blown, cacky.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include good-for-nothing, no-count, no-good, worthless, meritless, sorry.
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