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no count adjective Of low or trifling quality, of little value or use, good for nothing. [DARE labels this usage “chiefly South, South Midland”]

1861 Martin CW Letters (Dec 21) any person that will Mar[r]y thes times is No count on the face of the earthe. 1895 Edson and Fairchild TN Mts 372 These 'ere make-dos are no 'count. 1939 Hall Coll (Bradley Fork NC) I never was in such a law-breaking country in my life. It was no count. 1962 Dykeman Tall Woman 298 “Why should I take that no 'count land?” he demanded. 1984 Burns Cold Sassy 165 His daddy was lazy, leaving all the work to field hands or sorry no-count tenants and croppers.