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”).

Pronunciation

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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 and not going to be acted upon.

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

Derived terms

• worthlessly
• worthlessness

Synonyms

• useless
• miserable
• valueless

Antonyms

• worthful
• worthy
• useful
• precious
• valuable

Translations

not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential

• Arabic: لا قيمة له (la: qímata láhu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒價值 (méijiàzhí)

• Czech: bezcenný (cs) m
• Danish: værdiløs (da)
• Dutch: waardeloos (nl)
• Estonian: väärtusetu
• Finnish: arvoton
• French: sans valeur, ne vaut rien, misérable (fr), nul (fr) m, nulle (fr) f
• German: wertlos (de)
• Greek: άρχηστος m (árchistos), τιποτένιος (el) m (tipoténios), ανάξιος (el) m (anáxios)
• Hebrew: (without value) חסר ערך (ḥɑsɑr ereḥ), (without use) חסר תועלת (ḥɑsɑr toʿelet), עלוב (he) (ʿɑluv)
• Hungarian: értéktelen (hu)
• Italian: privo di valore, inutile (it) m, inconsistente (it), insignificante, senza valore
• Japanese: つまらない (ja) (tsumaranai), 無価値な (ja) (mukachi na), 軽賎な (ja) (keisen na)
• Korean: 가치없는 (gachi-eopneun)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هیچوپوچ

• Latin: inutilis, nequam
• Lithuanian: bevertis
• Macedonian: вескорисен m (beskórisen), безвреден m (bézvreden)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdiløs, verdilaus

  Nynorsk: verdilaus, verdlaus

• Pashto: بې کاره (ps) m, f (be kâra)
• Polish: nic nie wart m, bezwartościowy (pl)
• Portuguese: sem valor, inútil (pt) m, f
• Russian: ничего не стоящий (ničevó ne stojáščij)
• Sanskrit: असार (asāra)
• Scots: guidless
• Spanish: sin valor
• Swedish: värdelös (sv)
• Telugu: విలువ లేని (viluva lēni), కొరగాని (te) (koragāni)
• Turkish: değersiz (tr), kıymetsiz (tr), naçiz (tr)