Synonyms for no-account
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : noh-uh-kount |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ əˌkaʊnt |
Top 10 synonyms for no-account Other synonyms for the word no-account
- abject
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- drossy
- futile
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- insignificant
- inutile
- meaningless
- mediocre
- miserable
- no-good
- nugatory
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- sterile
- trashy
- trivial
- unavailing
- unessential
- unimportant
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unusable
- useless
- valueless
- wretched
Définition of no-account
Origin :- "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.
- adj worthless
- "You'd better stay over there, you no-account Lothario," Hetty growled.
- Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
- When he was a boy, he seemed to be a no-account sort of a duck, some like you.
- Extract from : « Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy » by George W. Peck
- Can't a low-down, no-account man like me even laugh where there's happiness?
- Extract from : « The Long Chance » by Peter B. Kyne
- It was ever so: at the moment of triumph comes the fall, and the royal Queen becomes the no-account nursery child.
- Extract from : « Baby Jane's Mission » by Reginald Parnell
- But I suppose you're afraid the no-account Count won't figure his life is worth thirty thousand dollars.
- Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad » by Edith Van Dyne
- The other two no-account chaps spotted their captain, and began to move slowly towards us.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- Of course these or'nary, no-account, range wolves reckoned my friends would wait for day before they attempted tracking.
- Extract from : « A Man in the Open » by Roger Pocock
- He hasn't got religion, but keeps a trunk full of no-account gods, believed in by ignorant persons.
- Extract from : « A Man in the Open » by Roger Pocock
- Badger-face drilled a look into Horace, who had put on his most no-account expression.
- Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
- But do you know, we're getting to spend lots of money for little, no-account things.
- Extract from : « Peggy Raymond's Way » by Harriet Lummis Smith
Antonyms for no-account
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