adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)word usually written using kana alonesatisfactory;decent;good;proper;worthy
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)word usually written using kana alonebum;good-for-nothing;ne'er-do-well
そのろくでなしどもはクビになりましたよ。
Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
Other forms
陸で無し 【ろくでなし】 (rarely used kanji form) · 碌でなし 【ろくでなし】 (search-only kanji form) · 陸でなし 【ろくでなし】 (search-only kanji form) · ろくで無し 【ろくでなし】 (search-only kanji form)