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worthless

[ wurth-lis ]

/ ˈwɜrθ lɪs /

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adjective

without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.

Origin of worthless

First recorded in 1580–90; worth¹ + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM worthless

worth·less·ly, adverb worth·less·ness, noun

Words nearby worthless

worth one's weight in gold, worth one's while, worthful, worthing, worthington, worthless, worthwhile, worthy, worthy of the name, wot, wotan

Example sentences from the Web for worthless

“Before they became something to be saved, they were just worthless,” she writes.

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After everything I'd gone through, leaving would have made it worthless.

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Evidently determined to put his inquisitors in their place, he gave them a worthless answer.

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He regarded their knowledge as humdrum, and it did not disturb him that they looked on his acquisitions as worthless.

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Adolphe joined his father in Paris and became, it was said, a worthless fellow.

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You probably have some of these worthless admission tickets; so let me have one or two.

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Nearly all the larger trees in the Fuegian forests have the heartwood decayed, and are worthless as timber.

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This is a case in which it may be said that the figures are worthless without the signature.

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British Dictionary definitions for worthless

worthless

/ (ˈwɜːθlɪs) /

adjective

without practical value or usefulness

without merit; good-for-nothing

Derived forms of worthless

worthlessly, adverb worthlessness, noun