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}, {sorry}] 2: returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check" [syn: {rubber}]