ne'er-do-well vs nothingburger

ne'er-do-well

noun
  • A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing. 

  • A person who is up to no good; a rogue. 

adj
  • Showing the characteristics of a ne'er-do-well: indolent, worthless, or roguish. 

nothingburger

noun
  • A person who is a nonentity. 

  • Something of less importance than its treatment suggests. 

  • A person or object that is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact. 

adj
  • bland or unremarkable in appearance 

  • disreputable, as of a person 

How often have the words ne'er-do-well and nothingburger occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )