worthlessness

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Worthlessness of the islands hitherto turned out to be an additional nuisance: since no one has claimed them, no one knows whom they belonged to.

From Time Magazine Archive

In short, Worthlessness and Villany are oft disguis'd and dignified in Gold and Jewels, whilst Honesty and Merit lie hid under Raggs and Misery.

From The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) by Dodsley, Robert