[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ne'er-do-well \ne'er"-do-well`\, n.
   a person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.
   webster 1913 suppl.

         the idle and dissolute ne'er-do-wells of their
         communities.                             --harper's
                                                  mag.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ne'er-do-well
     n : an idle worthless person syn: goldbrick, goof-off, good-for-nothing,
          good-for-naught
see also:
goldbrick goof-off good-for-nothing good-for-naught 

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