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- Dictionaryne'er-do-well/ˈnɛːduːwɛl/
noun
- 1. a person who is lazy and irresponsible: "a bit of a ne'er-do-well whose only interests seemed to be cards and boozing"
adjective
- 1. lazy and irresponsible: "his ne'er-do-well father walked out before he was born"
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Ne'er-do-well is an old-fashioned word for someone who is lazy or not willing to act in a responsible way. Learn how to pronounce it and find a synonym (good-for-nothing) in this online dictionary.
- English (US)
NE'ER-DO-WELL meaning: 1. someone who is lazy or not willing...
- Translate to Traditional Chinese
ne'er-do-well translate: 遊手好閒者. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Translate to Mandarin Chinese
ne'er-do-well translate: 游手好闲者. Learn more in the Cambridge...
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- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
NE'ER-DO-WELL 의미, 정의, NE'ER-DO-WELL의 정의: 1. someone who is...
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- Pronunciation in English by Cambridge Dictionary
NE’ER-DO-WELL pronunciation. How to say ne’er-do-well....
- English (US)
A ne'er-do-well is an idle worthless person, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for this term.
ne'er-do-well, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Ne'er-do-well" is a derogatory term for a good-for-nothing person; or a rogue, vagrant or vagabond without means of support. It is a contraction of the phrase never-do-well. Colonial context. The term ne'er-do-well was used in the nineteenth-century Australasian colonies to denote young British and Irish men seen as undesirable. These men were ...
Ne'er-do-well definition: an idle, worthless person; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; good-for-nothing.. See examples of NE'ER-DO-WELL used in a sentence.
ne'er-do-well in American English. (ˈnɛərduːˌwel) noun. 1. an idle, worthless person; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; good-for-nothing. adjective. 2. worthless; ineffectual; good-for-nothing. SYNONYMS 1. idler, loafer, wastrel.
an idle worthless person.