ไม่ได้ความ(mâi dâi kwaam)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
useless; incompetent
useless, incompetent, good-for-nothing; not meeting expectations or standards.
Examples
พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanพนักงานpá-nák-ngaan1employee; staff member; worker2attendant; clerk (service role)คนใหม่kon màiคนใหม่kon mài1new person; newcomer; new member/hire2new romantic partner (colloquial)ทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaamไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaam1useless; incompetent2senseless; incoherent [of speech/writing]3fruitless; no useful resultเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)สอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]อะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)จำjamจำjam1[to] remember; recall2[to] memorize3[to] recognize
The new employee is so incompetent; he doesn't remember anything I teach him.
2AdjectiveB1
senseless; incoherent [of speech/writing]
not making sense; unclear or disorganized, especially of speech or writing.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอธิบายà-tí-baaiอธิบายà-tí-baai1[to] interpret; expound2[to] explain; clarifyทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaamไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaam1useless; incompetent2senseless; incoherent [of speech/writing]3fruitless; no useful resultเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He explained the way to his house, but I listened and it didn't make any sense.
3AdjectiveB1
fruitless; no useful result
giving no useful result or information; an effort or inquiry that produces nothing.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ถามtăamถามtăam1[to] ask; inquire2[to] question; interrogate3[to] ask about; consultเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaamไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaam1useless; incompetent2senseless; incoherent [of speech/writing]3fruitless; no useful resultอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
I went and asked him, but I didn't get any useful information at all.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ไม่ได้เรื่องmâi dâi rêuuangไม่ได้เรื่องmâi dâi rêuuanguseless; no good; incompetent
useless; no good; incompetent
ไม่เป็นท่าmâi bpen tâaไม่เป็นท่าmâi bpen tâa1improper; unseemly; in bad taste2going nowhere; in a sorry state; failing3incompetent; useless4badly; in poor form
- improper; unseemly; in bad taste
- going nowhere; in a sorry state; failing
- incompetent; useless
- badly; in poor form
ไม่เอาไหนmâi ao năiไม่เอาไหนmâi ao năiuseless; incompetent
useless; incompetent
ใช้ไม่ได้chái mâi dâiใช้ไม่ได้chái mâi dâi1unusable; doesn't work2unacceptable; no good
- unusable; doesn't work
- unacceptable; no good
เปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòhtเปล่าประโยชน์bplào bprà-yòht1useless; futile; of no benefit2in vain; to no avail
- useless; futile; of no benefit
- in vain; to no avail
Word Breakdown
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ไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaamไม่ได้ความmâi dâi kwaamuseless; incompetent