valueless

Example Sentences

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No wonder we’re trying to ascribe value to a valueless act.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2024

The prosecution estimated the pigs were worth $42.20 each, but since they were likely suffering from infections, the company would likely have discarded them, which would have rendered them valueless, certain jurors said post-trial.

From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2023

This is the only difference between these two worlds, and most TESCREALists would argue that the second world is utterly valueless.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023

Ours is, in fact, the worst of all possible worlds, both valueless and unreal.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2021

Crease by crease he unfolded it, until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck