English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *wurthles, from Old English weorþlēas (“worthless”), equivalent to worth + -less. Cognate with Dutch waardeloos (“worthless”), German wertlos (“worthless”), Swedish värdelös (“worthless”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
worthless (comparative more worthless or worthlesser, superlative most worthless or worthlessest)
- 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 and not going to be acted upon.
- Don't be a worthless slouch! Go get yourself a job.
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Translations[edit]
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) m
- 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) m, nulle (fr) f
- Georgian: უსარგებლო (usargeblo)
- German: wertlos (de)
- Greek: άρχηστος (árchistos), τιποτένιος (el) (tipoténios), ανάξιος (el) (anáxios)
- 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
- Italian: privo di valore, inutile (it) m, 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)
- Korean: 가치없는 (gachieomneun), 보잘것없는 (ko) (bojalgeodeomneun)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: هیچوپوچ
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- Latin: inutilis, nequam
- 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 m, bezwartościowy (pl)
- Portuguese: sem valor, inútil (pt) m, f
- Russian: ничего́ не сто́я́щий (ničevó ne stójáščij), бесполе́зный (ru) (bespoléznyj), никчёмный (ru) (nikčómnyj), никуды́шный (ru) (nikudýšnyj)
- Sanskrit: असार (sa) (asār)
- Scots: guidless
- Serbo-Croatian: bezvrijedan (sh)
- Spanish: sin valor
- Sundanese: teu aya hargana
- Swedish: värdelös (sv)
- Telugu: విలువ లేని (viluva lēni), కొరగాని (te) (koragāni)
- Turkish: değersiz (tr), kıymetsiz (tr), naçiz (tr)
- Yoruba: aláìníláárí
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