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 — 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
worthless — worth|less [ˈwə:θləs US ˈwə:rθ ] adj 1.) something that is worthless has no value, importance, or use ≠ ↑valuable ▪ The house was full of worthless junk. ▪ The information was worthless to me. 2.) a worthless person has no good qualities or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
worthless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth, render sth ▪ These contradictions made his evidence … Collocations dictionary
worthless — Destitute of worth, of no value or use. Spring City Foundry Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 292 U.S. 182, 54 S.Ct. 644, 78 L.Ed. 1200 @ worthless check A check drawn on a bank account which is no longer open or on an account with funds… … Black's law dictionary
