Worthless is an English word with synonyms like unworthy or trifling. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Worthless meaning
Having no worth or use; without value.
Synonyms of Worthless
Using Worthless
- The main meaning on this page is: Having no worth or use; without value.
- Useful related words include: unworthy, nugatory, trifling, paltry.
- In the example corpus, worthless often appears in combinations such as: is worthless, are worthless, worthless and.
Context around Worthless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Worthless
- In this selection, "worthless" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, investment, rendered, otherwise, fleece, minerals and clause stand out and add context to how "worthless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be made worthless by its and been rendered worthless because waze. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "worthless" sits close to words such as aiken, bitterly and blazer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with worthless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If it cannot, it is worthless. (6 words)
Or printing unimaginable sums of increasingly worthless currency with nothing behind it. (12 words)
After all, a company that is serially diluted will render your investment worthless. (13 words)
Not only did the western alliance send a signal that they could be made worthless by its cartel at the stroke of a pen, but the shift from the petrodollar to the petroyuan is symbolic of a currency regime that has had its time. (44 words)
Climate Change is a political movement created to make money – and EVs are linked to the outrageous profits being made by mining giants who have devised a way to dramatically increase the value of their otherwise worthless minerals. (38 words)
Jim Cramer Says He's Known Novavax Is 'Worthless' For 'Very Long Time,' Trashes Company For Being Too 'Promotional,'" by Adam Eckert, reports on why "not phony, but worthless" as the company's shares crashed on Wednesday. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jim Cramer Says He's Known Novavax Is 'Worthless' For 'Very Long Time,' Trashes Company For Being Too 'Promotional,'" by Adam Eckert, reports on why "not phony, but worthless" as the company's shares crashed on Wednesday.
After all, a company that is serially diluted will render your investment worthless.
And that comes before the expense of transporting the worthless fleece to the British Wool Marketing Board depot where all are combined, sold, and an average price paid to producers.
Any hard-earned knowledge of the back roads has been rendered worthless, because Waze uses real-time traffic data to give you the best route at any given moment.
Climate Change is a political movement created to make money – and EVs are linked to the outrageous profits being made by mining giants who have devised a way to dramatically increase the value of their otherwise worthless minerals.
Errol, who is said to own emerald mines, once allegedly spent an hour screaming at the tech billionaire and called him an "idiot" and that he was "worthless".
Finally, Trump himself has also been touting the “worthless clause”, which he argues was an addendum to the financial statements that warned lenders the figures weren’t verified.
Hateful speech will not be tolerated—unless it’s directed at my snivelling, worthless neighbor, Gary.
However, once the scammers have collected enough money, they disappear, leaving the investors with a worthless cryptocurrency.
I am certainly not claiming that climate science is necessarily biased, misleading, untrustworthy and worthless.
I appealed to the IHC CJ, he said, he entertained it and passed a worthless order.
If it cannot, it is worthless.
If your vehicle is basically worthless unless you replace the battery you have already lost.
In February, jurors were told that a report from Dr Evans in an unrelated civil case had been described by a senior judge as “worthless”.
Just another tax—and a way for grocery stores to make more money and bag makers to sell a worthless product—you the consumer are the losers.
Just because your major isn’t in business or one of the hard sciences, doesn’t mean it’s worthless.
Not only did the western alliance send a signal that they could be made worthless by its cartel at the stroke of a pen, but the shift from the petrodollar to the petroyuan is symbolic of a currency regime that has had its time.
Or printing unimaginable sums of increasingly worthless currency with nothing behind it.
So when she returns to the party, feeling worthless, it is there that she finds Smith waiting for her outside the elevator.
Sparks took them to a fence who said they were worthless pieces of glass - so he gave them away to his friends in Soho clubs.
Common combinations with worthless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is worthless 15×
- are worthless 13×
- worthless and 10×
- and worthless 9×
- be worthless 9×
- was worthless 7×
- as worthless 6×
- become worthless 6×
- worthless or 6×
- became worthless 6×