A good-for-nothing is somebody idle and of no use to anybody. That good-for-nothing nephew.
It is old-fashioned and is said with more affection than the words suggest. A good-for-nothing in a story is usually the one who turns out to matter.
1noungood-for-nothingSomebody idle and of no use to anybody.
“His father called him a good-for-nothing for forty years.”
good-for-nothing is a person.
Also accepted in games: bum