Definitions for worthless
ˈwɜrθ lɪsworth·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. worthlessadjective

   lacking in usefulness or value

   "a worthless idler"

2. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretchedadjective

   morally reprehensible

   "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. worthlessadjective

   Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.

2. Etymology: From *, from weorþleas, equivalent to. Cognate with waardeloos, wertlos, värdelös.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Worthlessadjective

   Etymology: from worth.

   1. Having no virtues, dignity, or excellence.

   You, his false hopes, the trust of England’s honour,
   Keep off aloof with worthless emulation. William Shakespeare.

   A little time will melt her frozen thoughts,
   And worthless Valentine shall be forgot. William Shakespeare.

   On Laura’s lap you lay,
   Chiding the worthless crowd away. Wentworth Dillon.

   2. Having no value.

   My anxious pains we all the day,
   In search of what we like, employ:
   Scorning at night the worthless prey,
   We find the labour gave the joy. Matthew Prior.

   Am I then doom’d to fall
   By a boy’s hand? and for a worthless woman? Addison.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. worthless

   Worthless refers to anything that has no value, usefulness, or worth. It can be used to describe objects, efforts, or even behaviors that are deemed insignificant, unproductive, irrelevant, or without any benefit.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Worthlessadjective

   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 magistrate

2. Etymology: [AS. weorles.]

How to pronounce worthless?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of worthless in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of worthless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of worthless in a Sentence

1. President Barack Obama:

   It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be words on paper, the work of every generation is to make those words mean something, concrete in the lives of our children. And we won't get there as long as kids in Baltimore or Ferguson or New York or Appalachia or the Mississippi delta or the Pine Ridge reservation believe that their lives are somehow worthless.

2. Caecilius Statius:

   Grant us a brief delay impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

3. Sinclair Lewis:

   Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; no book that is not worth preserving, if its existence may be tolerated; as there may be some men whom it may be proper to hang, but none should be suffered to starve.

5. Meryem Dolgun:

   When they arrive in a different country they have difficulties living in a different culture, in a world speaking a different language, they have self-confidence problems, fear. Some think they are worthless.

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