what good
idiom
—used to say that one does not think that something is helpful, useful, or worth doing
What good is a college education when you can't get a job after you graduate?
What good does it do to bring an umbrella along if you are only going to leave it in the car?
I could try talking to him, but what good would that do/be? He has already made up his mind.
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Her heart is in the right place, but what good does that do for anyone besides herself?
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
After all, what good is sitting alone in your room?
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Or that putting some measures in place to combat bias and nepotism (which is what good diversity and inclusion interventions do, but alas most don’t) is, like any attempt to change the status quo, an assault on meritocracy.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Much has been written about what good managers should never do.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
After all, what good is sitting alone in your room?
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Or that putting some measures in place to combat bias and nepotism (which is what good diversity and inclusion interventions do, but alas most don’t) is, like any attempt to change the status quo, an assault on meritocracy.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Much has been written about what good managers should never do.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for what good
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“What good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/what%20good. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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