worthless
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Her aunt has converted $600 into worthless Iraqi dinars and Zimbabwean dollars that she thinks she’ll be able to use to get access to the technology when it becomes available.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In other countries in the world, where medication is available for everyone who needs it, defrauding the public with worthless remedies is curtailed if not made impossible.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
By the next summer, problems in his work had left him feeling anxious, depressed and worthless.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Banks and asset managers might be willing to extend credit to CoreWeave and other cloud-computing operations at cheaper interest rates, confident their chip collateral won’t become worthless for quite a while.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It reminds me, too, of how worthless I was. Am. How I couldn’t protect my work family. Not then. How I can’t protect my family now. Look at this place.”
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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