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—worthlessly, adv. —worthlessness, n./werrth"lis/, adj.without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.[1580-90; WORTH1 + -LESS]
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Worthless — Worth less, a. [AS. weor[eth]le[ a]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worthless — worth‧less [ˈwɜːθləs ǁ ˈwɜːrθ ] adjective having no value or importance: • Inflation made the old Argentinian currency virtually worthless. • a completely worthless exercise * * * worthless UK US /ˈwɜːθləs/ adjective ► having no value: »The stock … Financial and business terms
worthless — index barren, contemptible, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), expendable, frivolous, futile, ignoble, immaterial … Law dictionary
worthless — 1580s, from WORTH (Cf. worth) (1) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Worthlessly; worthlessness … Etymology dictionary
worthless — [adj] of no use; without value abandoned, abject, barren, base, bogus, cheap, contemptible, counterproductive, despicable, empty, futile, good for nothing*, ignoble, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, inutile,… … New thesaurus
worthless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having no real value or use. 2) having no good qualities. DERIVATIVES worthlessly adverb worthlessness noun … English terms dictionary
worthless — [wʉrth′lis] adj. without worth or merit; useless, valueless, etc. worthlessly adv. worthlessness n … English World dictionary
worthless — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)θləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is worthless is of no real value or use. The guarantee could be worthless if the firm goes out of business... Training is worthless unless there is proof that it works. ...a worthless piece of old … English dictionary
worthless — worth|less [ˈwə:θləs US ˈwə:rθ ] adj 1.) something that is worthless has no value, importance, or use ≠ ↑valuable ▪ The house was full of worthless junk. ▪ The information was worthless to me. 2.) a worthless person has no good qualities or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
worthless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth, render sth ▪ These contradictions made his evidence … Collocations dictionary
worthless — Destitute of worth, of no value or use. Spring City Foundry Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 292 U.S. 182, 54 S.Ct. 644, 78 L.Ed. 1200 @ worthless check A check drawn on a bank account which is no longer open or on an account with funds… … Black's law dictionary
