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worthless
adjective as in of no use; without value
Strongest matches
barren, bogus, futile, inconsequential, ineffective, insignificant, meaningless, mediocre, pointless, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, unusable, useless
Weak matches
abandoned, abject, base, cheap, contemptible, counterproductive, despicable, empty, good-for-nothing, ignoble, ineffectual, inferior, inutile, miserable, no-account, no-good, nothing, nugatory, paltry, poor, profitless, sterile, trashy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unessential, valueless, waste, wretched
Example Sentences
He might dismiss Guillermo, the household’s human companion, as worthless, but when old Gizmo needed to trust someone with a potentially deadly secret, Laszlo kept it for him.
Ivana proudly discloses they are cubic zirconia — fake and worthless — showing the AIDS-stricken Cohn what Trump really thinks of him.
If a half-senile demagogue can knock down supposedly powerful institutions like nine-pins, then our own personal rights, backed up not by money and power but by a scrap of parchment in the hands of a corrupt court, are worthless.
Restaurants are closing and car break-ins are so common that people complain that thieves sometimes steal worthless items like old rags.
The deflated dinghies and abandoned life jackets on these beaches may look worthless, but someone will have paid huge sums for what they hoped was a route to a better life.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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