as in empty
having no usefulness
that expensive toy is worthless now that it's broken
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Recent Examples of worthless
The joke implies that Timur, stripped of all the trappings of power and authority, is essentially worthless.
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Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
If Zaslav couldn’t get the stock price higher than $10 within five years, his options would ultimately be worthless.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
This does nothing to help onboard new VGC players, who are now more likely to pick a worthless item that puts them at a disadvantage.
—Kallie Plagge, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2026
Remove those incentives and innovation will slow – while farmers’ already substantial investments become worthless.
—John Cleveland, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
If Zaslav couldn’t get the stock price higher than $10 within five years, his options would ultimately be worthless.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
This does nothing to help onboard new VGC players, who are now more likely to pick a worthless item that puts them at a disadvantage.
—Kallie Plagge, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2026
Remove those incentives and innovation will slow – while farmers’ already substantial investments become worthless.
—John Cleveland, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthless
Adjective
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Some rest their coats, bags and umbrellas on the empty chair next to them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Perfume bottles, empty picture frames, and books arranged by color turn shelves and desks into the curio cabinets of an eclectic collector.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The reason all of this is happening, probably more than any other, is that clipping is cheap.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Everyone is at least a little bit flawed.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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The unfortunate problem is that, like most other things, the system can be gamed—people could submit flawed content that lists people as authors who have never been involved.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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This is going to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Archie has a no-good, very-bad day, and Dylan goes to bat for her students.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The brand requested Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts to stop using the name, which appears to have been in vain.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
18 May 2026
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Jim must learn to accept a skinny femme like Lucien, while Lucien learns the valuable lesson that Instagram hotness is sometimes attached to a vain, rotten personality.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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