worthless

adjective

ˈwərth-ləs How to pronounce worthless (audio)
Definition of worthlessnext
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 bill nods at the issue, but there are no dollars on the table for those whose investments are about to become worthless. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 To cover growing deficits, the government printed money, leading to hyperinflation that reached over 130,000% in 2018, effectively rendering the national currency worthless. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026 Kao confessed to federal agents that his business model consisted of bribing public officials in exchange for government contracts, and that the research Navatek was providing to the government was often worthless. — Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026 Celebrated as masterpieces today, at the time they were regarded as the unpolished works of a depressed, crazy man and commercially worthless. — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for worthless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthless
  1. empty
  2. cheap
  3. flawed
  4. no-good
  5. vain
Adjective
  • Crosby added a late empty-net goal, diving face-first on the ice to tip it home.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Quinn Sullivan started the sequence with a cross in front of goal that Indiana Vassilev settled and pulled goalkeeper William Yarbrough out of his area to find Cavan Sullivan for a close-range finish into an empty net.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of empty
Adjective
  • For context, the 27-inch ELF-SR2 sells for around ¥550,000 in Japan, so this is a dramatically cheaper way into Sony's 3D ecosystem, landing in the same ballpark as the $299 Looking Glass Go.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This year’s conflict has shown the relative ease with which cheap drones can slip past some of the world’s most expensive air defense systems and hit pipelines, ports, and ships.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • But the party was wrecked on Election Day not by its flawed attorney general.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Throughout his time in the governor’s office, DeSantis has abused special sessions to force rushed and often deceitful debate (including the two days of meetings that produced the badly flawed Amendment 3 in the first place).
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of flawed
Adjective
  • The question now is how the Giants can make the most of a bad, no-good situation.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • And with nary a golfer from the upstart tour within eight strokes of Round 2 leader Wyndham Clark at 7 under par, LIV’s no-good, very bad 2026 continued Friday.
    — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of no-good
Adjective
  • The piece, by the Bay Area duo BSisters (Behnaz and Baharak Khaleghi), riffs on the myth of Zahāk — a vain tyrant with snakes around his head that eat human brains to keep him alive.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In 1980, Barret, along with Brian Cooke and Arne Sultan, created the sitcom Too Close For Comfort, a vehicle for Knight, who was coming off an immensely popular run as the vain anchorman Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of vain

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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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