From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgood-for-nothingˌgood-for-ˈnothing adjective LAZYa good-for-nothing person is lazy and useless an idle good-for-nothing drunk —good-for-nothing noun [countable] Ian’s a stupid good-for-nothing.
Examples from the Corpus
good-for-nothing• Leopold believed the entire Weber family to be good-for-nothing.• More than that, it had served to prove yet again that Sweetheart was quite justified in calling him worthless and good-for-nothing.• Most of them are idle, work-shy, good-for-nothing. 