good-for-nothing
- n an idle worthless person
- s without merit
a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
- Unlike his famed grandsire, who (according to Emil Ludwig, famed Teuton biographer) until he was well past 30 was considered a "Taugenichts" (good-for-nothing), annoying his .
- All children familiar with fairy tales are aware that Hansel and Gretel's father was a good-for-nothing.
- The band helps project the same image by dressing up in old-timey clothes ("early bad taste") and lolling around the stage like lazy good-for-nothing aristocrats.