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Definition of: ne'er-do-well
(nâr′d·wel′) noun
A useless, unreliable person.
—adjective Useless; good-for-nothing. Also ne'er′-do-good′ (-gd′), Scot. ne'er′-do-weel′ (-wēl′).
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