Ne'er″–do–well′ (?), n. A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.
The idle and dissolute ne'er-do-wells of their communities. Harper's Mag.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.