worthless
1Worthless — 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… …
2worthless — 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 …
3worthless — index barren, contemptible, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), expendable, frivolous, futile, ignoble, immaterial …
4worthless — 1580s, from WORTH (Cf. worth) (1) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Worthlessly; worthlessness …
5worthless — [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,… …
6worthless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having no real value or use. 2) having no good qualities. DERIVATIVES worthlessly adverb worthlessness noun …
7worthless — [wʉrth′lis] adj. without worth or merit; useless, valueless, etc. worthlessly adv. worthlessness n …
8worthless — [[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 …
9worthless — 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… …
10worthless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth, render sth ▪ These contradictions made his evidence …
