as in empty
having no usefulness
that expensive toy is worthless now that it's broken
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Recent Examples of worthless
America has already achieved an important objective by restoring credibility to our deterrence since military power is worthless if adversaries don’t believe this power will ever be employed.
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Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
The idea, Krebs tells me, is that needle or thread alone is worthless.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
The schemer makes out with bags of money, while the followers are left with nearly worthless assets.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
The conventional newsgathering institutions have been worthless in getting to the bottom of anything, especially the billion-dollar why question.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for worthless
Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
The idea, Krebs tells me, is that needle or thread alone is worthless.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
The schemer makes out with bags of money, while the followers are left with nearly worthless assets.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
The conventional newsgathering institutions have been worthless in getting to the bottom of anything, especially the billion-dollar why question.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for worthless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthless
Adjective
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Five-star hotels in the Pakistani capital have been empty, awaiting diplomatic delegations for a next round of negotiations this week between Iran and the US.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Police officers advised a dispatcher that the suspect vehicle was empty and no children were located inside.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Solar energy is still one of the cheapest forms of energy, and energy is in higher demand than ever, partly due to artificial intelligence data center construction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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This new method uses iron, one of the most abundant and cheapest elements on Earth.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Although in the hours before splashdown, all eyes were on their spacecraft’s heat shield — which NASA previously said was flawed, according to The New York Times — NASA developed a modified path for the Artemis II mission in order to keep the crew safe during re-entry.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Late payments for major construction projects, expenditures listed in the wrong fiscal year and a flawed budgeting process are just some of the financial problems Groveland needs to fix, the Lake County city’s mayor said in an unusual presentation this week.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 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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While rescuers searched in vain, distraught relatives of passengers rushed to the ValuJet counter at Miami International.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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But all of that greatness would have been in vain if his partner for the past decade-plus — his perfect foil — Green, didn’t find a way to turn back the clock as well.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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