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Synonyms for worthless
ˈwɜrθ lɪsworth·less

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Wiktionary2.5 / 2 votes

  1. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    miserable, valueless, useless

  2. worthlessadjective

    Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.

    Synonyms:
    valueless, miserable, useless

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, visionary

    Antonyms:
    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 Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. worthless

    Synonyms:
    cheap, vile, valueless, useless, base, contemptible, despicable, reprobate, vicious

    Antonyms:
    costly, rich, rare, valuable, worthy, useful, honorable, estimable, excellent, noble, precious, admirable, virtuous

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. worthlessadjective

    lacking in usefulness or value

    "a worthless idler"

    Synonyms:
    despicable, unworthy, slimy, vile, ugly, wretched

    Antonyms:
    good, invaluable, priceless, precious, worth(p), valuable, blue-chip, semiprecious, rich

  2. despicable, 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, surly

    Antonyms:
    precious, worth(p), valuable, priceless, invaluable, blue-chip, semiprecious, good, rich

Editors Contribution3.2 / 23 votes

  1. 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 Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    useless, valueless, naught, bootless, fruitless, profitless, nugatory, unserviceable, futile, unproductive, unprofitable, miserable, poor, wretched

  2. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    base, vile, unworthy, ignoble, abject, depraved, profligate, abandoned, graceless, good for nothing

  3. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    refuse, waste

  4. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    tinsel, showy, glittering, gaudy, superficial, trashy, trumpery, flimsy

  5. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    trifling, trivial, paltry, frivolous, slight, piddling, of no moment, of small importance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. worthlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    valueless, good-for-nothing, futile, trashy, unworthy, trumpery, scurvy, contemptible

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#15690vain
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#26975futile
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#40996pitiful
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#48116fruitless
#48458sickening
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#50274atrocious
#54515frightful
#55032deplorable
#55524deceitful
#55539unprofitable
#60134baseless
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#65966loathsome
#69037trifling
#72180abortive
#77165woeful
#79651contemptible
#81217nauseous
#86575queasy
#90731unsatisfying
#92197piteous
#94014vapid
#94915nauseating
#108976undeserving
#109464unavailing
#118132reprobate
#118554valueless
#119822pitiable
#131299unserviceable
#143060execrable
#146779inconstant
#203636delusive
#227568noisome
#244598unsubstantial
#245515nugatory
#253614slimed
#291737profitless

How to use worthless in a sentence?

  1. Latasha Mae frericks:

    you say I'm worthless yet you waste your time on me. you say I can't do anything right but you still waste your breath on me. you tell me I'm stupid yet you still try to teach me. you tell me to live my life yet you give me no life to live?

  2. Emily Brontë:

    Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, or idlest froth amid the boundless main.

  3. Prashant Agarwal:

    Past is something which can't be changed so it is worthless to cry and regret about it. We all make mistakes in life so it is better to learn from our mistakes in past rather then being stuck in them. Guilt should be progressive so that it reminds us of our wrongdoing and promote us to never repeat it. Learnings from past could help us to make our present positive and prosperous.

  4. Hilario Elizalde:

    The donkey is worth a lot, without these animals, we would be worthless.

  5. Mitesh Dalal:

    Nothing is worthless on the earth, Trace your hidden skills and make yourself a precious one :)


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