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as in good-for-nothing
having no ambition, success, or value to society
only heard from his no-account relatives when they wanted a handout
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as in nominal
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
some miscellaneous no-account expenses that we simply paid for with our own pocket money
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as in bum
an idle worthless person
claims that every last one of his in-laws is a nerveless no-account
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Recent Examples of no-account
Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Of course, the no-account crew that hangs around him — hangers-on is a better way to describe them — can get in the way of even his best intentions.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
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Don't let that no-account Oogie Boogie hide the movie from you.
—Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Of course, the no-account crew that hangs around him — hangers-on is a better way to describe them — can get in the way of even his best intentions.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
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The black comedy crime film is written by Niki Sheldrake and tells the story of Colin and Stanley, two good-for-nothing brothers who are faced with the repayment of their dead father’s debt to a notorious loan shark named Maggie.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2024
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Yet later this year up to 40 healthy Australian volunteers may begin receiving infusions of the supposedly good-for-nothing molecule.ByMitch Leslie, science.org, 8 June 2023
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While some of the nominees fall far afield from the norms—Hegseth, Gabbard, and RFK Jr. are the marquee names in that cohort, for sure—the bulk will face only nominal opposition from Democrats.Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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Of course, all the good deeds in the world can’t buy your way into heaven, but as a nominal Catholic, Biden may have been persuaded by the Pope to commute the sentences.Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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Erik Kain Another lazy January Sunday is spread out before us.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Pitt made a lazy post entry pass early in the second half of Duke’s eventual 76-47 blowout win Tuesday.Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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California saw a slight decrease in unemployment from October to November 2024, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The major concern with Johnson in his first two pro seasons was that his slight frame would have trouble surviving against larger, more physical players.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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In the cryptocurrency world, rug-pulling is when developers abandon a project after raising assets, leaving people with worthless tokens.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Everyone in the movie struggles to some degree as well and requests to be paid with three or four U.S. dollars at a time, rather than hundreds of thousands of massively inflated, practically worthless Lebanese pounds.Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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But the smoke is still rising, and petty partisanship is a distraction and disservice at the moment, given all that’s been lost, and all the hard work of moving forward.Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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In an era of steadily declining trust in media, the dry formalities of a legal template provide not only an imprimatur of institutional credibility, but also the freedom to go into extreme amounts of detail without seeming petty, tedious or self-indulgent.Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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“No-account.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-account. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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