good-for-nothing

dropouts

ˈdrɒpaʊt

noun

a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.

a college dropout

beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric,idler,layabout,loafer,lounger,good-for-nothing,freak,oddball,deadbeat,waster,bum,bad boy

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dropout

ˈdrɒpaʊt

noun

a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.

a college dropout

beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric,idler,layabout,loafer,lounger,good-for-nothing,freak,oddball,deadbeat,waster,bum,bad boy

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derelicts

ˈdɛrəlɪkt

noun

a person without a home, job, or property.

derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

tramp,vagrant,vagabond,down and out,homeless person,drifter,knight of the road,beggar,mendicant,outcast,pariah,ne’er do well,good-for-nothing,wastrel,streety,dosser,bag lady,hobo,bum,derro

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deadbeats

ˈdɛdbiːt

noun

an idle, feckless, or disreputable person.

a nation of deadbeats who must work harder

layabout,loafer,lounger,idler,waster,wastrel,good-for-nothing,parasite,useless article,bum,scrounger,sponger,sponge,freeloader,skiver,cadger

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deadbeat

ˈdɛdbiːt

noun

an idle, feckless, or disreputable person.

a nation of deadbeats who must work harder

layabout,loafer,lounger,idler,waster,wastrel,good-for-nothing,parasite,useless article,bum,scrounger,sponger,sponge,freeloader,skiver,cadger

adjective

completely exhausted.

I must go to bed—I’m dead beat

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cads

kad

noun

a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman.

her adulterous cad of a husband

scoundrel,rogue,rascal,good-for-nothing,reprobate,unprincipled person,cheat,swindler,fraudster,trickster,charlatan,villain,bastard,beast,son of a bitch,SOB,rat,louse,swine,dog,cur,hound,skunk,heel,snake,snake in the grass,wretch,scumbag,bad egg,stinker,scrote,blighter,sleeveen,spalpeen,rat fink,rotter,bounder,ne’er-do-well,blackguard,miscreant,knave,dastard,vagabond,varlet,wastrel,rapscallion,whoreson,shit,bugger,motherfucker,mother,mofo

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cad

kad

noun

a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman.

her adulterous cad of a husband

scoundrel,rogue,rascal,good-for-nothing,reprobate,unprincipled person,cheat,swindler,fraudster,trickster,charlatan,villain,bastard,beast,son of a bitch,SOB,rat,louse,swine,dog,cur,hound,skunk,heel,snake,snake in the grass,wretch,scumbag,bad egg,stinker,scrote,blighter,sleeveen,spalpeen,rat fink,rotter,bounder,ne’er-do-well,blackguard,miscreant,knave,dastard,vagabond,varlet,wastrel,rapscallion,whoreson,shit,bugger,motherfucker,mother,mofo

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bums

bʌm

noun

a vagrant.

bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich

tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro

verb

get by asking or begging.

they tried to bum money off us

scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge

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bum

bʌm

noun

a vagrant.

bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich

tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro

verb

get by asking or begging.

they tried to bum money off us

scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge

adjective

of poor quality; bad or wrong.

not one bum note was played

bad,poor,inferior,second-rate,second-class,unsatisfactory,inadequate,unacceptable,substandard,not up to scratch,not up to par,deficient,imperfect,defective,faulty,shoddy,amateurish,careless,negligent,dreadful,awful,terrible,abominable,frightful,atrocious,disgraceful,deplorable,hopeless,worthless,laughable,lamentable,miserable,sorry,third-rate,diabolical,execrable,crummy,rotten,pathetic,useless,woeful,lousy,appalling,abysmal,pitiful,godawful,dire,not up to snuff,the pits,duff,chronic,rubbish,ropy,poxy,crap,shit,chickenshit

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bastards

/ˈbɑːstəd/

noun

An unpleasant or despicable person.

scoundrel,villain,rogue,rascal,brute,animal,weasel,snake,monster,ogre,wretch,devil,good-for-nothing,reprobate,wrongdoer,evil-doer

adjective

(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.

a bastard Darwinism

hybrid,alloyed

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bastard

/ˈbæstərd/

noun

An unpleasant or despicable person.

scoundrel,villain,rogue,rascal,brute,animal,weasel,snake,monster,ogre,wretch,devil,good-for-nothing,reprobate,wrongdoer,evil-doer

adjective

(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.

hybrid,alloyed

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