what good

phrase

—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.

Examples of what good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That is not Brutus sharpening his dagger on the Senate steps – that is what good governance looks like, and by any rule of good governance, Goldman Sachs is lucky to have David Solomon continuing at the helm. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Responsible operators have a role to play in demonstrating what good stewardship looks like and in helping raise expectations. — Jeff Cook, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

The real story is that two very different regulatory cultures may be quietly agreeing on what good oversight looks like. — Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for what good

• allgood
• basswood
• beechwood
• bellwood
• birchwood
• boxwood
• boyhood
• brushwood
• childhood
• cordwood
• dogwood
• driftwood