Usually means: Ineffective, unhelpful, or morally wrong.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word no-good:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. no-good: Merriam-Webster
  2. no-good: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. no-good: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. no-good, no-good: Collins English Dictionary
  5. no-good: Vocabulary.com
  6. no-good: Wordnik
  7. no-good: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. no-good: Wiktionary
  9. no-good: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. no-good: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. no-good: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. no-good: Dictionary.com
  13. no-good: Rhymezone
  14. no-good: FreeDictionary.org
  15. no-good: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. no-good: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. no-good: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. no-good, no-good: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. no-good: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (no-good)

▸ adjective:  returned for lack of funds ("A no-good check")
▸ adjective:  without merit ("The car was a no-good piece of junk")

Similar:
worthless, no-count, no-account, meritless, good-for-nothing, bad, sorry, rubber, good-for-naught, no good, more...

Opposite:
good, worthy, valuable, useful

Types:
bum, lazy, good-for-nothing, worthless, scoundrel, scum, scallywag, scamp, more...



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Similar:
worthless, no-count, no-account, meritless, good-for-nothing, bad, sorry, rubber, good-for-naught, no good, more...

Opposite:
good, worthy, valuable, useful

Types:
bum, lazy, good-for-nothing, worthless, scoundrel, scum, scallywag, scamp, more...



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