worthless

English

Etymology

From Middle English *wurthles, from Old English weorþlēas (“worthless”), equivalent to worth +‎ -less. Cognate with Dutch waardeloos (“worthless”), German wertlos (“worthless”), Swedish värdelös (“worthless”).

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Adjective

worthless (comparative more worthless, superlative most worthless)

1. Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.

   Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless.

   The committee's decision is worthless. It is not going to be acted upon.

   Don't be a worthless slouch! Go get yourself a job.

Synonyms

• useless
• miserable
• valueless

Derived terms

• worthlessly
• worthlessness

Translations

not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential

• Arabic: لا قيمة له (la: qímata láhu)
• Chinese: 沒價值 (méijiàzhí)
• Czech: bezcenný (cs) m
• Dutch: waardeloos (nl)
• Estonian: väärtusetu (et)
• Finnish: arvoton (fi)
• French: sans valeur, ne vaut rien, misérable, nul (fr) m, nulle (fr) f
• German: wertlos (de)
• Greek: άρχηστος (el) (áchristos) m , τιποτένιος (el) (tipoténios) m , ανάξιος (el) (anáxios) m 
• Hebrew: חסר ערך (ḥɑsɑr ereḥ without value), חסר תועלת (ḥɑsɑr toʿelet without use), עלוב (ʿɑluv)
• Hungarian: értéktelen (hu)
• Italian: privo di valore, inutile (it) m
• Japanese: 価値のない (káchi no nái)
• Korean: 가치없는 (gachi-eopneun)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هیچوپوچ

• Latin: inutilis, nequam
• Lithuanian: bevertis (lt)
• Macedonian: вескорисен (mk) (beskórisen) m, безвреден (mk) (bézvreden) m
• Norwegian: verdiløs (no) m and f, verdiløst (no) n, verdiløse (no) pl
• Pashto: بې کاره (ps) (be kâra) m and f
• Polish: nic nie wart (pl) m, bezwartościowy (pl)
• Portuguese: sem valor, inútil (pt) m and f
• Russian: ничего не стоящий (ničevó ne stojáščij)
• Sanskrit: असार (asār)
• Spanish: sin valor
• Swedish: värdelös (sv)
• Telugu: విలువ లేని (viluva laeni), కొరగాని (koragaani)
• Turkish: değersiz (tr), kıymetsiz (tr), naçiz (tr)