have no use for someone

have no use for someone
have no use for (someone/something) to have a very low opinion of someone or something.

To my mother, my friends were simply a bunch of bums, and she had no use for them.

He has no use for gossip, which he thinks is a waste of time.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of have no use for something (= to not be able to use something)

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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