goodfornothing
The word 'good-for-nothing' is a compound adjective divided into four syllables (good-for-noth-ing) with primary stress on 'good'. It's formed from 'good', 'for', and 'nothing', and signifies worthlessness. Syllabification follows standard English rules based on vowel-consonant patterns.
Definitions
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Worthless or useless.
“He's a good-for-nothing layabout.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable ('good'), secondary stress on the third syllable ('noth'), and no stress on 'for' and 'ing'.
Syllables
good — Closed syllable, stressed.. for — Open syllable, unstressed.. noth — Open syllable, secondary stress.. ing — Closed syllable, unstressed.
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