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no-ac⋅count

[noh-uh-kount] Informal.
–adjective
1. worthless; good-for-nothing; trifling.
–noun
2. a worthless person; good-for-nothing.
Also, no-count.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
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no-account 
"worthless," 1845, Amer.Eng., lit. "of no account" (see account). Contracted form no'count is attested from 1853.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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