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worthless

[ wurth-lis ]

adjective

  1. without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing:

    a worthless person; a worthless contract.



worthless

/ ˈɜːθɪ /

adjective

  1. without practical value or usefulness
  2. without merit; good-for-nothing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɴǰٳԱ, noun
  • ˈɴǰٳ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ɴǰٳl· adverb
  • ɴǰٳl·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of worthless1

First recorded in 1580–90; worth 1 + -less
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In 1956, shortly before his death, Mencken went even further; “American journalism is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.”

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They hope that high-profile and trusted accounts might encourage people to buy some of the otherwise worthless coins so that they can make some money before it all get blocked and stopped.

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Social workers expressed concern that family relationships had broken down, family were showing a lack of understanding and the boy "felt worthless".

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In a rug pull, insiders buy up a large share of meme coin tokens in advance and then dump them after the price soars, leaving regular investors with tokens that are essentially worthless.

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Democrats actually have more money at their disposal, but they need to start spending it on advocacy media, instead of worthless TV ads that are despised by voters as much as they hate email spam.

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