no-account

adjective

1. worthless; good-for-nothing; trifling.

noun

2. a worthless person; good-for-nothing.

adjective

1. worthless; good-for-nothing

noun

2. a worthless person

adj.“worthless,” 1845, American English, literally “of no account” (see account (n.)). The phrase of non acompte “of no value or importance” is from late 14c. Contracted form no’count is attested from 1853.