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no-ac·count
/
ˈnoʊ
əˌkaʊnt
/
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[
noh
-
uh
-kount
]
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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
—
adj
1.
worthless; good-for-nothing
—
n
2.
a worthless person
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
no-account
"worthless," 1845, Amer.Eng., lit. "of no account" (see
account
). Contracted form no'count is attested from 1853.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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