Usually means: Person who avoids work, irresponsible.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word ne'er do well:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. ne'er-do-well: Merriam-Webster
  2. ne'er-do-well: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ne'er-do-well: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ne'er-do-well, ne'er-do-well: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ne'er-do-well: Vocabulary.com
  6. ne'er-do-well: Wordnik
  7. ne'er-do-well: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ne'er-do-well: Wiktionary
  9. ne'er-do-well: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ne'er-do-well: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Ne'er-do-well, ne'er-do-well, ne'er do well, neer-do-well, neer do well: Dictionary.com
  12. Ne'er-do-well, Ne'er do well, The Ne'er-Do-Well: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. ne'er-do-well: Rhymezone
  14. neer-do-well: FreeDictionary.org
  15. ne'er-do-well: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. ne'er-do-well, neer-do-well: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ne'er-do-well: Urban Dictionary






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