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Recent Examples of worthless But these glasses are worthless without a mobile phone. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Then, the company would have to prove that its investments have been made largely worthless because of tariffs. Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025 Even as tutor modes are refined and improved, students have to actively select that mode and, for now, also have to play along, deftly providing context and guiding the chatbot away from worthless, low-level questions or sycophancy. Brian W. Stone, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 Overnight, many of those owners saw their wealth erased — their principal assets rendered worthless. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for worthless
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Adjective
  • Or for the wide swaths of empty seats in the upper deck that formed after the New York Giants put the game in a vice grip with a three-score lead late in the third quarter and put the Broncos on shutout watch.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The kitchen was empty, save for an enormous stockpot of broth, with chicken feet bobbing at the surface.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As the world searches for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, researchers are turning to materials that are safer, cheaper, and easier to source.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Financial sacrifices, dilemmas loom Norfolk military families said the shutdown had heightened the stakes of their financial choices, from comparison-shopping for the cheapest toilet paper to frequenting Costco to buy in bulk.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Now, though, voters have a fresh chance to do unwrap a flawed narrative and bring the broader issue out of the shadows.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the older studies on grapefruit for weight loss were small and flawed.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Resnick speaks on behalf of seething, antisocial comedians everywhere, explaining and dismissing his quirks with lots of memories childhood, such as a horrible, no-good, very bad Easter egg hunt.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
  • Watch my video discussion of these shows below: What were your least-favorite, no-good, terrible TV shows of 2024?
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The first-half goal from Danish forward Mikael Uhre was enough to take the Union to a 20th win of the campaign and an insurmountable 66 points, meaning Inter Miami’s 4-1 win over the New England Revolution was in vain.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Dash, at any moment, may try in vain to dock again to change her fate.
    Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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