How to Use worthless in a Sentence

worthless

adjective

• The boots may be nice, but they're worthless if they don't fit you.
• She's depressed and believes that she's worthless.
• If the Tour of Flanders were in June, the bike race might be worthless to botanists.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
• Miss the date, and that card becomes worthless to the customer.
  — Jordyn Holman, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2020
• The bottom line was that my $25 gift card was worthless.
  — Rich Exner, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2020
• But without a plan to back it up, his pledge may prove worthless.
  — John McCormack, National Review, 19 Aug. 2021
• The land turned out to be worthless as an investment, too.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
• But none of that is what makes this law truly worthless.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 27 Apr. 2021
• He was stung by hornets and fell into the mud on what turned out to be worthless land.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 24 Dec. 2020
• The Lions did win the first matchup, which could lead you to believe Fields and the Bears’ secondary is worthless in this matchup.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• Yes, but only at the point that the entire system is worthless.
  — Jessica Royassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• So, Bill Goldman gave us the lesson that revenge is a worthless quest.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2024
• But what if the craft in question is worthless and about to go extinct, along with most other things?
  — Michael Robbins, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
• Those rights would be all but worthless in a Games without athletes.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021
• By this point, the Sudanese pound had become worthless as shops lay smashed and looted.
  — Jack Jeffery and Noha Elhennawy, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
• These conclusions are based on analyses that are so flawed as to be close to worthless.
  — Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• Shooters don’t have as many training aids, and some are worthless.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 3 July 2024
• But based on the season to date, the blowout win over the Pacers will prove worthless unless what Lillard says turns out to be true.
  — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021
• There are lots of things wrong about February, which after the Super Bowl is the most worthless of months.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2022
• However, most of these firms were shown later to be next to worthless.
  — Joel Litman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• And if a retail store closes or goes bankrupt, a gift card could be worthless.
  — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
• By then, the promise of 40 Acres and a Mule had long faded, and the land title Jackson received was worthless.
  — Essence, 18 June 2024
• At one point, labs were backed up two weeks, rendering the results worthless.
  — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
• The key thing the field accomplished over most of those years was to explore a number of dead-end ideas that proved worthless or not ready for prime time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2021
• The men had been paid in worthless script, and many local business owners would not accept the money.
  — John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
• But the hosts' conclusion is never that these movies are worthless, which is music to my Gen X-cinephile ears.
  — Sara Stewart, CNN, 5 May 2021
• Some were returned to owners; some were nearly worthless and junked.
  — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
• Absolutely worthless in his world and not destined for much of a life.
  — Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2021
• Of course, scaleups – as they are known and not to be confused with the pre-revenue startup world–can become worthless.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• No one is ever worthless, despite what the Rotten Tomatoes scores might suggest.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024