as in empty
having no usefulness
that expensive toy is worthless now that it's broken
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Recent Examples of worthless
Restaurants are closing and car break-ins are so common that people complain that thieves sometimes steal worthless items like old rags.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Aaron Ryder, a producer of Arrival, was quarantining at a hotel in Montreal, watching an army of amateur day traders drive up the value of a supposedly worthless stock.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
As is so often the case, the prediction of macro is rendered as worthless as the prediction that the world is flat.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
But this is a distressed deal in which the equity appears worthless — so the lenders scrambling to get paid back are actually the ones in control.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Aaron Ryder, a producer of Arrival, was quarantining at a hotel in Montreal, watching an army of amateur day traders drive up the value of a supposedly worthless stock.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
As is so often the case, the prediction of macro is rendered as worthless as the prediction that the world is flat.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
But this is a distressed deal in which the equity appears worthless — so the lenders scrambling to get paid back are actually the ones in control.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worthless
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But Mara may not need any coaxing to make sweeping change if the stadium is empty on Sunday and the Giants get blown out by Bergen Catholic-product Darren Rizzi, Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere, many parts of the capital were empty and shops were closed.ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ABBY SEWELL, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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The electric vehicle maker still is shooting for a launch of its cheaper vehicle in the first half of next year and other models later in the year, the bank said after the meeting with investor relations chief Travis Axelrod.Rachael Levy, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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And cheap, lower-tech methods of creating and disseminating false information have been extremely successful on their own.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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But the study was deeply flawed, according to the standards of scientific research.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Since then of course, Burgundy has come to dominate the fine wine market, building on its own extensive history and reinforcing its status, however flawed, with a clear hierarchy of quality through the Premier and Grand Cru system.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Moving right along, Rufus (Michael Maggi), the no-good gambler who lost his wife, Salena’s, shares in the Blue faction, gets put to work by Berenice, Titus’s Judean queen-mistress-whatever.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
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The new episode digs into Sofia's backstory via flashbacks: It's revealed that Sofia was framed for seven murders by her no-good dad (Mark Strong), and instead of taking over the family like her father promised, she's arrested and admitted to Arkham.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
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All of which has finally led Sony to give up and admit their long-simmering plans for a big supervillain team-up movie and crossover with Spider-Man have been in vain.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Hundreds of people gathered in the desert, in vain.Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Worthless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worthless. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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