no-count

1. 1.

   without merit; of little or no value or use

   “a sorry horse”

   “a sorry excuse”

   “a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick”

   “the car was a no-good piece of junk”

   Synonymsgood-for-nothinggood-for-naughtmeritlessno-accountno-goodsorry

   Similarworthless

Questions about no-count

What does no-count mean?

no-count means "without merit; of little or no value or use".

How many syllables are in no-count?

no-count has 2 syllables: no--count. The stress falls on "no-".

What is another word for no-count?

Close synonyms include good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-good. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is no-count a common word?

no-count is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.