ne're-do-well

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If not, you and this arrogant, gray-haired ne're-do-well should rush off and join any of several churches where rantings like that from this poor nun are becoming more and more commonplace.

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  • If not, you and this arrogant, gray-haired ne're-do-well should rush off and join any of several churches where rantings like that from this poor nun are becoming more and more commonplace. —  National Catholic Reporter
 

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