worthless

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝθləs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːθləs/

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Adjective

worthless (comparative more worthless or worthlesser, superlative most worthless or worthlessest)

1. Having no worth or use; without value; inconsequential.

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

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

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

   Synonyms: miserable, useless, valueless

   Antonyms: precious, useful, valuable, worthful, worthy

Synonyms

• (having no worth): inconsequential, valueless

Derived terms

• worthlessly
• worthlessness

 

Translations

not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential

• Arabic: لَا قِيمَةَ لَهُ‎ (lā qimata lahu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒價值, 没价值 (méijiàzhí), 不值錢 (zh), 不值钱 (zh) (bùzhíqián), 無用 (zh), 无用 (zh) (wúyòng)

• Czech: bezcenný (cs)
• Danish: værdiløs (da)
• Dutch: waardeloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senvalora (eo), aĉa (eo), senutila
• Estonian: väärtusetu
• Finnish: arvoton (fi)
• French: sans valeur (fr), ne vaut rien, misérable (fr), nul (fr)
• Georgian: უსარგებლო (usargeblo)
• German: wertlos (de)
• Greek: άρχηστος (árchistos), τιποτένιος (el) (tipoténios), ανάξιος (el) (anáxios)

  Ancient: μάταιος (mátaios), οὐτιδανός (outidanós)

• Hausa: marasa amfani
• Hebrew: (without value) חסר ערך‎ (ḥɑsɑr ereḥ), (without use) חסר תועלת‎ (ḥɑsɑr toʿelet), עלוב‎ (he) (ʿɑluv)
• Hungarian: értéktelen (hu)
• Ido: senvalora (io)
• Igbo: abaghi uru
• Interlingua: sin valor
• Irish: galair
• Italian: privo di valore, inutile (it), inconsistente (it), insignificante (it), senza valore
• Japanese: つまらない (ja) (tsumaranai), 無価値な (ja) (mukachi na), 軽賎な (keisen na)
• Kazakh: бағаламадың (bağalamadıñ)
• Korean: 가치없는 (gachieomneun), 보잘것없는 (ko) (bojalgeoseomneun)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ھیچوپوچ‎ (ku) (hîçupuç)

• Latin: inūtilis, nēquam
• Lithuanian: bevertis
• Luxembourgish: wäertlos
• Macedonian: беско́рисен (beskórisen), бе́звреден (bézvreden)
• Maori: hakihakiā, taitāhae
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdiløs (no), verdilaus

  Nynorsk: verdilaus, verdlaus

• Pashto: بې کاره‎ (ps) (be kâra)
• Polish: nic nie wart, bezwartościowy (pl)
• Portuguese: sem valor, inútil (pt)
• Russian: ничего́ не сто́я́щий (ničevó ne stójáščij), бесполе́зный (ru) (bespoléznyj), никчёмный (ru) (nikčómnyj), никуды́шный (ru) (nikudýšnyj)
• Sanskrit: असार (sa) (asār)
• Scots: guidless
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бе̏звриједан

  Roman: bȅzvrijedan (sh)

• Spanish: sin valor
• Sundanese: teu aya hargana
• Swedish: värdelös (sv)
• Tagalog: walang kwenta
• Telugu: విలువ లేని (viluva lēni), కొరగాని (te) (koragāni)
• Turkish: değersiz (tr), kıymetsiz (tr), naçiz (tr)
• Vietnamese: vô giá trị
• Yoruba: aláìníláárí

Anagrams

• Strehlows