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wastrel
A person who wastes; esp., a spendthrift
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  1. A person who wastes; esp., a spendthrift
  2. (Dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
  3. An idler or a loafer.
loafer
One who is habitually idle:
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  1. One who is habitually idle:
  2. A trademark for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel.
  3. A moccasinlike shoe for informal wear
layabout
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
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  1. A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
  2. (Brit., Informal) A loafer; bum
bum
Any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc.
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  1. Any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc.
  2. A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
  3. One who spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity:
bum
A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
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  1. A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
  2. A devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc.
  3. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
drone
(Music) Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
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  1. (Music) Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
  2. An idle person who lives by the work of others; parasite; loafer
  3. A continuous and monotonous humming or buzzing sound
idler
A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
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  1. A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
  2. A gear placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing their direction or speed
  3. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.
layabout
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
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  1. A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
  2. (Brit., Informal) A loafer; bum
loafer
One who is habitually idle:
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  1. One who is habitually idle:
  2. A trademark for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel.
  3. A moccasinlike shoe for informal wear
ne'er-do-well
A person who is up to no good; a rogue.
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  1. A person who is up to no good; a rogue.
  2. A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing.
no-good
A worthless or useless person
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  1. A worthless or useless person
  2. One that is worthless.
slugabed
One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.
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  1. One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.
  2. (Old-fashioned) A lazy person who stays in bed when he or she should be up
sluggard
A habitually lazy or idle person
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  1. A habitually lazy or idle person
do-little
A lazy person.
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  1. A lazy person.
  2. (Colloquial) One who performs little though professing much.
do-nothing
An idle or lazy person.
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  1. An idle or lazy person.
  2. A person without ambition or initiative; idler
lazybones
(Informal) A lazy person
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  1. (Informal) A lazy person
  2. (Slang) A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition.
slug
A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
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  1. A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
  2. A piece of metal shaped like and used in place of a coin in automatic coin machines; esp., such a substitute coin when used illegally
  3. Any of various terrestrial gastropod mollusks having a slow-moving slimy elongated body with no shell or with a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin, usually found in moist habitats.
slouch
Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
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  1. Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
  2. (--- Informal) A person who is incompetent
  3. A hanging down or drooping, as of a hat brim
inutile
Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
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  1. Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
  2. Useless; unprofitable
no-good
(Slang) Contemptible; despicable
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  1. (Slang) Contemptible; despicable
  2. Having no value, use, merit, or virtue.
  3. Worthless or of no merit
valueless
Having no value; worthless.
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  1. Having no value; worthless.
  2. Of no value or use; worthless
worthless
Low; despicable:
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  1. Low; despicable:
  2. Lacking worth; of no use or value.
  3. Without worth or merit; useless, valueless, etc.
no-account
Worthless; good-for-nothing:
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  1. Worthless; good-for-nothing:
  2. Of no account; worthless; good-for-nothing
  3. (US, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.
nothing
Insignificant or worthless:
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  1. Insignificant or worthless:
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  • " I am not conscious," says he, " of having ever bought a book from a motive of ostentation; every volume, before it was deposited on the shelf, was either read or sufficiently examined "; he also mentions that he soon adopted the tolerating maxim of the elder Pliny, that no book is ever so bad as to be absolutely good for nothing.

  • His manual skill was duly appreciated: "I was a thousand times tempted," he said long afterwards, "to tear up my drawings in disgust at the esteem in which they were held, as if I had been good for nothing better."

  • In one scene, the photographer lashes out at his guest, accusing him of being a lazy good-for-nothing.

  • good-for-nothing brother.

  • good-for-nothing fellow, he had his merits.

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