worthlessness
English
Etymology
Noun
worthlessness (usually uncountable, plural worthlessnesses)
- The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
- 1905 This sort of fat instead of indicating health points to disease. This general teaching as to the worthlessness of alcohol as a food had been set forth by the leaders in medical profession, and accepted largely by the rank and file of practitioners for about twenty-five years. — Carry Nation, The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, Chapter 28.
Translations
quality of lacking worth
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