to+be+worthless

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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 argument — index fallacy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• worthless check — index bad check Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• worthless person — index degenerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• worthless trial — index mistrial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   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