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   worthless

   /ˈwəːθləs/

   adjective

   • 1. having no real value or use: "that promise is worthless" Similar valuelessof little/no valueof little/no worthwithout valueof little/no financial valuemeritlesstrashypaltry(of) poor quality(of) low qualityinferiorsecond-ratethird-ratelow-gradecheapcheap and nastyshoddytawdrygimcrackinformal:crummyrubbishytwo a pennyten a pennytwopenny-halfpennynickel-and-dimeuselessno useof no benefitto no availfutileineffectiveineffectualfruitlessunproductiveunavailingpointlessnugatoryvaluelessinadequatedeficientdefectiveinferiorunsatisfactorymeaninglesssenselessinsubstantialemptyhollowsillybanaltriflingpettyinconsequentiallamepaltrypatheticpiddlinginformal:a dead lossarchaic:bootlessrare:unfructuousOpposite valuableprecioususeful
   • ▪ (of a person) having no good qualities; deserving contempt: "Joan had been deserted by a worthless husband" Similar good-for-nothingne'er-do-welluselessdespicablecontemptiblebaselowvileabjectdebaseddegradedignominiousmeancorruptvillainousdepraveddegeneratewretchedmiserablesorryshiftlessfecklessincompetentinformal:no-goodno-accountlousy

   Derivatives

   • 1. worthlessly adverb
   • 2. worthlessness noun

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