as in empty
having no usefulness
that expensive toy is worthless now that it's broken
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Recent Examples of worthless
Still, a human would be almost completely worthless on a task like this.
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
After nearly two centuries of bitter but worthless wrangling, one of the longest-running cultural quarrels in Europe might soon be entering its epilogue.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
Alyssa imagines Berniece seducing worthless Keshawn in a twerking fantasia; ordering fast food at a drive-in, meanwhile, turns out to be a competitive sport.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
He was convicted of financial card fraud in 1990, theft by check twice in 1990, two counts of issuing a worthless check in 1994, theft by check in 1994, four counts of theft by swindle in October 2002 and one count two months later.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
After nearly two centuries of bitter but worthless wrangling, one of the longest-running cultural quarrels in Europe might soon be entering its epilogue.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
Alyssa imagines Berniece seducing worthless Keshawn in a twerking fantasia; ordering fast food at a drive-in, meanwhile, turns out to be a competitive sport.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
He was convicted of financial card fraud in 1990, theft by check twice in 1990, two counts of issuing a worthless check in 1994, theft by check in 1994, four counts of theft by swindle in October 2002 and one count two months later.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthless
Adjective
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That’s enough to fill from almost empty to 80 percent in 18 minutes.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The body part was dumped onto an empty schoolyard in northern Dublin around 10:30 a.m. Friday, according to Irish outlet Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE).—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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James said Costco is more interested in providing a good value to its customers than a cheap price.—
Nicolas Vega,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Tickets for adults range from $42 for a day pass to $98 for three days, with cheaper prices for ages 13 and younger.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Excellence is achievable, but perfection is flawed thinking, impossible to attain.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Pasteur coolly replied that Pouchet’s spontaneous generation experiments were fatally flawed.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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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Their sacrifices remind us that doing what is right is never in vain, even when the path forward is unclear.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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But then the Reds discover humanity already reached the surface generations ago and that their work has been in vain, only to be kept under the thumb of the ruling class.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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