naught : Idioms & Phrases

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do-naught

Do"-naught` noun
Etymology
Do + naught.
Definitions
  1. A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.
Webster 1913

good-for-naught

  • noun an idle worthless person
    no-account; goldbrick; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well.
  • adjective satellite without merit
    no-good; meritless; no-account; no-count; sorry; good-for-nothing.
    • a sorry horse
    • a sorry excuse
    • a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
    • the car was a no-good piece of junk
WordNet

To go to naught

  • (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling.
Webster 1913

To set at naught

  • to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel." Prov. i. 25.
  • to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel."
Webster 1913