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ne'er-do-well

noun as in bum

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Harley's a consistent ne'er-do-well with a heart of gold, a living fantasy of having it all in the most extreme way while being unencumbered by caring about what anyone other than your best friend thinks.

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Sometimes, the tag refers to a pariah, a ne'er-do-well, a killjoy, or an interloper, but it's always subjective.

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The Tampa Bay Times, his local newspaper, called Gaetz an "entitled ne'er-do-well."

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Hiring some ne'er-do-well relative is one of the ways rich and powerful people scratch each other's backs — and, not incidentally, ensure that the quasi-aristocracy of the one percent is perpetuated.

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Flynn gives Pascal a reckless impudence, all but reveling in his status as the ne'er-do-well boyfriend.

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