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Synonyms for worthless
ˈwɜrθ lɪsworth·less
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
worthless
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Synonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionaryAntonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
worthlessadjective
lacking in usefulness or value
"a worthless idler"
Synonyms:
despicable, unworthy, slimy, vile, ugly, wretchedAntonyms:
good, invaluable, priceless, precious, worth(p), valuable, blue-chip, semiprecious, richdespicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretchedadjective
morally reprehensible
"would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
Synonyms:
frightful, queasy, offensive, pitiable, pathetic, nauseating, piteous, vile, loathsome, misfortunate, suffering, miserable, pitiful, hapless, horrible, unworthy, nauseous, slimy, undeserving, horrifying, atrocious, deplorable, sickening, ugly, woeful, noisome, wretched, poor, execrable, despicable, slimed, surlyAntonyms:
precious, worth(p), valuable, priceless, invaluable, blue-chip, semiprecious, good, rich
Editors Contribution
floccinaucinihilipilification
rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the english language).
this is a floccinaucinihilipilification thing
Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014
Dictionary of English Synonymes
worthlessadjective
Synonyms:
useless, valueless, naught, bootless, fruitless, profitless, nugatory, unserviceable, futile, unproductive, unprofitable, miserable, poor, wretchedworthlessadjective
Synonyms:
base, vile, unworthy, ignoble, abject, depraved, profligate, abandoned, graceless, good for nothingworthlessadjective
worthlessadjective
Synonyms:
tinsel, showy, glittering, gaudy, superficial, trashy, trumpery, flimsyworthlessadjective
Synonyms:
trifling, trivial, paltry, frivolous, slight, piddling, of no moment, of small importance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
worthlessadjective
Synonyms:
valueless, good-for-nothing, futile, trashy, unworthy, trumpery, scurvy, contemptible
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "worthless":
useless, pointless, unnecessary, futile, good-for-nothing, non-taxable, meaningless
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#827 | cheap | |
#988 | base | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2578 | null | |
#2964 | empty | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9462 | unnecessary | |
#10226 | useless | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#15690 | vain | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#19887 | meaningless | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#26975 | futile | |
#27379 | vile | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#38945 | unworthy | |
#39885 | horrifying | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#46824 | surly | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#48458 | sickening | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#55539 | unprofitable | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#65966 | loathsome | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#72180 | abortive | |
#77165 | woeful | |
#79651 | contemptible | |
#81217 | nauseous | |
#86575 | queasy | |
#90731 | unsatisfying | |
#92197 | piteous | |
#94014 | vapid | |
#94915 | nauseating | |
#108976 | undeserving | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#118132 | reprobate | |
#118554 | valueless | |
#119822 | pitiable | |
#131299 | unserviceable | |
#143060 | execrable | |
#146779 | inconstant | |
#203636 | delusive | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#244598 | unsubstantial | |
#245515 | nugatory | |
#253614 | slimed | |
#291737 | profitless |
How to use worthless in a sentence?
Here's what I know: Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He's playing members of the American public for suckers. He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.
You can find online a preprint, non-peer-reviewed paper that seems to suggest that in vitro, in other words in test tubes, that there is some antiviral activity for this compound, but I can tell you there are millions of compounds that, when tested in vitro, in a test tube, appear to have some antiviral activity but that are worthless in vivo, in humans.
Kenya is making a statement that for us ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants.
When the man of a naturally good propensity has much wealth it injures his advancement in wisdom; when a worthless man has much wealth it increases his faults.
It'll be the most expensive and worthless piece of paper I ever had.
Translations for worthless
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- لا قيمة لهArabic
- bezcennýCzech
- værdiløsDanish
- wertlosGerman
- ανάξιος, άρχηστος, τιποτένιοςGreek
- sin valorSpanish
- väärtusetuEstonian
- arvotonFinnish
- sans valeur, misérable, nulle, nul, ne vaut rienFrench
- חסר תועלת, חסר ערך, עלובHebrew
- értéktelenHungarian
- insignificante, senza valore, inutile, privo di valore, inconsistenteItalian
- חסר ערךHebrew
- 無価値, つまらない, 軽賎Japanese
- 보잘것없다, 가치없는Korean
- هیچوپوچKurdish
- nequam, inutilisLatin
- bevertisLithuanian
- беско́рисен, бе́звреденMacedonian
- waardeloosDutch
- verdilaus, verdlausNorwegian Nynorsk
- verdiløs, verdilausNorwegian
- bezwartościowy, nic nie wartPolish
- بې کارهPashto, Pushto
- sem valor, inútilPortuguese
- бесполе́зный, никчёмный, [[ничего́]] не [[стоить, никуды́шный, бесполезныйRussian
- असारSanskrit
- värdelösSwedish
- பயனற்றTamil
- విలువ లేని, కొరగానిTelugu
- değersiz, naçiz, kıymetsizTurkish
- нічого не вартіUkrainian
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