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Unsatisfactory, inadequate; also, no use. For example, This work is no good; it'll have to be done over, or It's no good complaining since there's nothing we can do, or I tried to appeal to his sense of generosity, but it did no good. [Mid-1800s] Also see COME TO AN END (TO NO GOOD), def. 2; DO ANY (NO) GOOD.
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