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worth·less
 worthless
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- pronunciation:
- wuhrth
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without importance, use, or value.
The attic was filled with worthless junk.The advice he gave me was worthless.The jewelry turned out to be worthless.- synonyms:
- good-for-nothing, useless, valueless
- antonyms:
- invaluable, precious, priceless, useful, valuable, worthy
- similar words:
- bum, empty, ghastly, hollow, idle, inadequate, inferior, insignificant, lousy, paltry, pathetic, poor, refuse, trashy, waste, wretched
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| definition 2: |
despicable or good-for-nothing.
I'm glad she divorced that worthless scoundrel.Your brother is a worthless louse, and I don't want him living here anymore.- synonyms:
- contemptible, despicable
- similar words:
- base, corrupt, degraded, dishonorable, grubby, low, mean, no-account, no-good, rotten, vile, wretched
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| related words: |
awful, bad, barren, carrion, flimsy, fruitless, futile, ineffective, meaningless, odious, trivial, vain |
adverb + (adj.)worthless
allegedly, basically, completely, essentially, increasingly, intrinsically, largely, legally, mostly, nearly, otherwise, perfectly, practically, totally, ultimately, utterly, virtually
(adj.)worthless
+ noun
advice,
asset,
being,
bond,
broker,
bum,
business,
certificate,
check,
coin,
currency,
fake,
garbage,
good-for-nothing,
hooligan,
jewelry,
junk,
low-life,
paper,
pension,
peso,
piece,
ruble,
scrap,
stock,
thug,
trash,
trinket,
weed,
wretch
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| derivations: |
worthlessly (adv.), worthlessness (n.) |
The word worthless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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