worthless
adjective
worth·less
ˈwərth-ləs 
2
: contemptible, despicable
a worthless criminal
worthlessly
adverb
worthlessness
noun
Examples of worthless in a Sentence
The boots may be nice, but they're worthless if they don't fit you.
She's depressed and believes that she's worthless.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ohtani has the most weak-kneed and worthless advisors in the history of advisors.
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Here are three reasons a bid from Neumann could face long odds:
Neumann’s worthless WeWork equity gives him less power in the bankruptcy than creditors.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But most Zimbabweans struggle to get by, coping with triple-digit inflation that has made their currency practically worthless.
—John Eligon, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
State regulators can continue freezing the bank accounts of an online pastor from Denver and his wife who have admitted selling millions of dollars in worthless cryptocurrency.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2024
But those paper rights were essentially worthless as the oilfield lay in waters whose ownership was disputed by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
—Hugo Miller, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
And while Neumann is worth approximately $2.3 billion according to Bloomberg, the 2019 IPO fumble meant many staffers’ stock options were rendered worthless.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
The game’s characters, which some players would trade to sell for thousands of dollars — so valuable that some Filipinos took out loans to buy them — became worthless.
—Eli Tan Jes Aznar, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Much of the land was unpopulated and virtually worthless tracts that lacked development.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Here are three reasons a bid from Neumann could face long odds:
Neumann’s worthless WeWork equity gives him less power in the bankruptcy than creditors.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But most Zimbabweans struggle to get by, coping with triple-digit inflation that has made their currency practically worthless.
—John Eligon, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
State regulators can continue freezing the bank accounts of an online pastor from Denver and his wife who have admitted selling millions of dollars in worthless cryptocurrency.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2024
But those paper rights were essentially worthless as the oilfield lay in waters whose ownership was disputed by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
—Hugo Miller, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
And while Neumann is worth approximately $2.3 billion according to Bloomberg, the 2019 IPO fumble meant many staffers’ stock options were rendered worthless.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
The game’s characters, which some players would trade to sell for thousands of dollars — so valuable that some Filipinos took out loans to buy them — became worthless.
—Eli Tan Jes Aznar, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Much of the land was unpopulated and virtually worthless tracts that lacked development.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthless. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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worthless
adjective
worth·less
ˈwərth-ləs
2
: deserving of hatred or pity
a worthless coward
worthlessly
adverb
worthlessness
noun
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