no-good

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

no-good
    adj 1: without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy
           no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-
           good piece of junk" [syn: {good-for-nothing}, {good-for-
           naught}, {meritless}, {no-account}, {no-count}, {no-
           good}, {sorry}]
    2: returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good
       check" [syn: {rubber}, {no-good}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

no-good \no-good\ adj.
   without merit; useless; as, the car was a no-good piece of
   junk.

   Syn: good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless,
        no-account, no-count, sorry.
        [WordNet 1.5] nogoodnik