no-good vs shiftless

no-good

adj
  • Having no value, use or merit 

noun
  • A worthless or useless person 

shiftless

adj
  • Destitute of shifts or expedients; lacking proper means. 

  • Untrustworthy as a result of being incompetent at the job. 

  • Lazy, unmotivated. 

How often have the words no-good and shiftless occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )