worthless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for worthless
Synonyms
chaffy, empty, junky, no-good, null, vain, valueless
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Abbas argued at a court hearing earlier this year that the intrusions imposed on those listed are all for naught and that the list is worthless in terms of preventing terrorism. — CBS News, "Judge rules that terror watchlist violates constitutional rights," 5 Sep. 2019 In every logical way, that fistful of Forever 21 jewelry was basically worthless. — Veronica Walsingham, Vox, "The best $42.92 I ever spent: a handful of junky Forever 21 jewelry," 23 July 2019 The first big surprise here is that all of these materials are worthless in the walk-and-collect portion of the game. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Minecraft Earth’s closed beta: This augmented reality needs more augmenting," 16 July 2019 Binoculars were worthless to see into that town and uncover its secrets. — David Canfield, EW.com, "First Look: The Andromeda Strain is back with a new look for its 50th anniversary," 26 June 2019 As Taljaard puts it, the benefit of a wallet full of pseudo-cash, worthless in the neighboring towns, is that no outsider would bother stealing it. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "Inside an All-White Town’s Divisive Experiment With Cryptocurrency," 6 June 2019 The signature makes the book simultaneously worthless and priceless; most good bookstores have signed copies on their shelves for this reason. — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, "Reader, I Googled It," 26 Aug. 2019 Unlike the current land prices in San Diego today, this piece of property was virtually worthless in the 1990s. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Once a broke surfer, this San Diego entrepreneur built dream life on an $800 investment," 16 Aug. 2019 Malls once valued for hundreds of millions are now almost worthless or have been repurposed into churches and medical centers. — Meredith Blake, latimes.com, "‘Stranger Things 3’ is an anxious ode to ’80s consumerism," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'worthless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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