worthless
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If the index falls short, then the contracts will expire worthless.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Berlin waving a worthless piece of paper signed by Hitler, naively promising “peace for our time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
Brewdog's collapse also rendered the shares of about 200,000 crowdfunding investors worthless.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The trick was to recognize a good thing when you saw it, no matter how odd or worthless it might at first appear, no matter who else might just walk away and leave it behind.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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