Reverse Dictionary: NE’ER-DO-WELL

ADJECTIVES
► ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne’er-do-well → 1570 sl.
► DEADBEAT useless, ne’er-do-well, impoverished → L19 sl.
► STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne’er-do-well → 1833 Aust. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne’er-do-well → c1500
► BAD EGG a worthless person; a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing → 1847 
► BAD HALFPENNY an unpleasant, untrustworthy person; a ne’er-do-well → 1756 sl.
► BAD HAT a scoundrel, a ne’er-do-well; a rogue; an untrustworthy person; a troublemaker; a habitual brawler; a dangerous individual → 1831 sl.
► BAD-LOT a worthless person; a ne’er-do-well → 1848 sl.
► BAD PENNY an unpleasant, untrustworthy person; a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing → c1367
► BAD SEED a person who never does anything well; a person who veers from the straight and narrow and acts like a criminal → 2004 (Bk.)
► BAND-END a person of no importance; a worthless person, a ne’er-do-well → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAND-ENDER a worthless person; a ne’er-do-well → 1884 Eng. dial.
► BAUCHLE an unimportant or worthless person or thing; a ne’er-do-well → 1829 Sc.
► BLIND-BLOSSOM a prodigal, a ne’er-do-well → 1876 Eng. dial.
► CATSO ► CATZO a rogue; a ne’er-do-well → 1602 Brit. sl.
► DOWNDRAUGHT a profligate or extravagant person; a ne’er-do-well → 1835 obs., chiefly Sc.
► GET-NOTHING one who through laziness earns nothing; an idler, a ne’er-do-well → a1625 obs.
► GOODSPOON a mischievous child, a ne’er-do-well → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LABLOLLY a lazy, clumsy, hulking fellow; a ne’er-do-well; a silly person → 1876 Eng. dial. 
► LAG a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910s sl.
► LAG-A-BAG a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy, idle person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG-LOST a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910s sl.
► LOSEL a worthless person, a scoundrel, a cheat; a ragamuffin, a ne’er-do-well → 1362 arch.
► NAAWT a nowt; a man of no principles; an undesirable acquaintance; a ne’er-do-well → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NE’ER-BE-GOOD a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person  → 1675
► NE’ER-DO-GOOD ► NEVER-DO-GOOD a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person → 1814
► NEVER-DO-WELL a ne’er-do-well → 1856
► NEVER-THRIFT a ne’er-do-well; a waster → c1440 obs.
► POOR DO a shiftless, trifling person; a ne’er-do-well → 1994 Amer. dial.
► RABSCALLION a low, worthless fellow; a wild, reckless person; a rascal; a knave; a rogue; a vagabond’ a scamp; a ne’er-do-well → 1699 
► RABSHACKLE ► RABSHAKLE a ne’er-do-well; a wastrel; an idle profligate → 1852 obs. (Bk.)
► RAMSCALLION ► RAMSCULLION a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne’er-do-well →  1733 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RAP-A-TAG a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne’er-do-well → 1887 Eng. dial.
► RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne’er-do-well → 1699
► RATTATAG a ne’er-do-well → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCABBY SHEEP a person who has been in questionable society, or under unholy influence, and become tainted; a corrupt person; a morally diseased person; a disreputable fellow; a ne’er-do-well → 1728
► SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne’er-do-well → 1868 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► SCALAWAG ► SCALLAWAG ► SKALAWAG ► SCALLOWAG ► SCALLYWAG a ne’er-do-well; a disreputable person → 1848 sl., orig. US
► SCALLY a rogue, a ne’er-do-well → 1986 Eng. sl.
► SCAMP a good-for-nothing, worthless person, a ne’er-do-well, a rascal → 1808
► SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne’er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) → 1809
► SCOWGIE an idler, a loafer, a ne’er-do-well → 1939 Sc. 
► SCRIMATREE a boy who climbs trees; a truant, a ne’er-do-well → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKEESICKS ► SKEEZACKS ► SKEEZECKS ► SKEEZICKS a rogue, a ne’er-do-well → 1850 US sl.
► STRINGY-BARK a person who lives in the Australian outback; an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a ne’er-do-well → 1836 Aust. sl., obs.
► WAFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless, good-for-nothing person; a ne’er-do-well → 1825 Sc.
► WANGRACE a blackguard; a scamp; a ne’er-do-well → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► WIDE BOY a rogue, a ne’er-do-well → 1937 Brit. sl.