as in empty
having no usefulness
that expensive toy is worthless now that it's broken
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Recent Examples of worthless
Photograph: Getty EVs are practically worthless secondhand, because the huge batteries will need expensive replacement after a few years.
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James Morris, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
Accusations started flying, with many crypto observers alleging that $HAWK was a pump-and-dump scheme, or a rug pull — when developers build hype for a crypto project to raise money only to liquidate their position and walk away, with others left holding worthless tokens.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
That becomes the human core of the play, without which any play is worthless—the human, sentient core.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
In the play, four closers compete to sell worthless properties to unsuspecting customers.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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James Morris, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
Accusations started flying, with many crypto observers alleging that $HAWK was a pump-and-dump scheme, or a rug pull — when developers build hype for a crypto project to raise money only to liquidate their position and walk away, with others left holding worthless tokens.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
That becomes the human core of the play, without which any play is worthless—the human, sentient core.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
In the play, four closers compete to sell worthless properties to unsuspecting customers.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthless
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In what can only be described as a Christmas miracle, the ER was empty.Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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The press room was almost empty, a member of the small pool of journalists asleep in a chair in the briefing room.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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The 25-year-old is cheap, still a season away from salary arbitration eligibility, also plays the corner outfield spots, and won’t be a free agent until after the 2028 season.Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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New England legislators and regulators consistently blocked building additional pipelines from the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other regions in the U.S. and Canada, which could bring cheap, onshore natural gas to replace fuel oil.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Better than biogas Despite the shortcomings of California’s decision to value manure biogas so highly, there was some logic — however flawed — to the decision.Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
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But an analysis by the Associated Press late last year found the study had relied on old and flawed data to make its conclusions.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Watch my video discussion of these shows below: What were your least-favorite, no-good, terrible TV shows of 2024?Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Moving right along, Rufus (Michael Maggi), the no-good gambler who lost his wife, Salena’s, shares in the Blue faction, gets put to work by Berenice, Titus’s Judean queen-mistress-whatever.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
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While the palace guards congratulate and pet Weasel and treat him as a hero for saving the country, Nina’s death is pointless and in vain.Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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Any suggestion that the disaster — which has already killed two people, destroyed about 1,000 structures and caused 70,000 people to be placed under an evacuation order — would lead to a moment of national unity was in vain.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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