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никудышный

adj.
stresses
gen. worthless; trifling; wretched (very poor or miserable • They live in a wretched little house); punky; two-bit; punk; fit for the waste-basket; fit for the waste-paper-basket; crook (о чём-либо); crummy; dreadful; ropey (Anglophile); no account; two bit; chaffy (о человеке или о предмете); no-account; no great shakes (Anglophile); so-and-so; pud (driven); shoddy (Sergei Aprelikov); feckless (Ремедиос_П); irredeemable (из речи Х. Клинтон: (Trump backers 'are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America) harassmenko); for birds; poxy; third-rate
amer. inept (an inept actor Val_Ships)
amer., slang jeasly; jeasely
austral., new.zeal., inf. crook (о вещах)
austral., slang as useful as tits on a bull; no good to gundy; not worth a crumpet
brit. rubbish (She always told everyone I was a rubbish father, even in front of the kids. ART Vancouver)
disappr. no good (igisheva); no use (This alarm-clock is no use! It keeps stopping! ART Vancouver)
fr. mauvais sujet
Gruzovik, inf. useless; good-for-nothing
inf. riffraff; small-time (Andrey Truhachev); blup (ad_notam); flop (he was a flop as a reporter – репортёр он оказался никудышный Taras); low-quality (Abysslooker); crappy ("Crappy" means very poor, inferior, or low-quality, often implying a product is broken, useless, or poorly made. It is an informal, often impolite term synonymous with "lousy," "shoddy," or "terrible". It suggests something is unpleasant, unsatisfactory, or not worth having. Key Implications for Quality: • Inferior Construction: Items described as "crappy" are often cheaply made, weak, or immediately breakable. • Poor Functionality: Products or services do not perform as they should, making them useless. • Low Value: The item is considered worthless, rubbishy, or junk. • Subpar Experience: Refers to experiences, weather, or media that are unpleasant or disappointing. (AI Overview) ART Vancouver)
invect. screwed-up
Makarov. not worth a bean; not worth a button; not worth a curse; not worth a damn; not worth a fig; not worth a hang; not worth a jigger; not worth a pin; not worth a straw; fit for the wastepaper basket
mil., lingo naffy (Brit.; шутл.; cf. NAAFI MichaelBurov)
slang for the birds; lame (Rubinina); not worth beans (Interex); sucky (Interex); sawft (r313); bum (andreon); pint-sized (MichaelBurov)
Игорь Миг, fig. dead on arrival
никудышно adv.
gen. wretchedly
Игорь Миг it sucks
никудышный
: 65 phrases in 14 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Chess4
Derogatory2
Disapproving1
General25
Informal10
Jargon1
Literature1
Makarov6
Proverb1
Rhetoric1
Rude1
Slang10
Sociology1