worthless
UK/ˈwɜːθ.ləs//ˈwɝθ.ləs/
worthless adjective: having no worth or use; without value.
Adjective
worthless (comparative more worthless or worthlesser, superlative most worthless or worthlessest)
worthless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
worthless in Hindi
- not having worth and use; without value — see also inconsequential, useless
- असार asār, बेकार bekār
worthless in Tamil
- not having worth and use; without value — see also inconsequential, useless
- உதவாக்கரை utavākkarai
worthless in Marathi
- worthless, throwaway
- कवडीमोल kavḍīmol
worthless in Urdu
- worthless, useless
- آخور āxor
More languagesFewer languages
- worthless in Bengali
- মূল্যহীন mullôhin, তুঘলকি tughloki, আকাঠা akaṭha, অগুণ ogun
- worthless in Telugu
- విలువ లేని viluva lēni, కొరగాని koragāni
- worthless in Malayalam
- അച്ചിരി acciri
- worthless in Kannada
- ಅನುಪಯುಕ್ತವಾದ, ಮೌಲಿಕವಲ್ಲದ, ಬೆಲೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅನರ್ಹ
- worthless in Punjabi
- ਛੂਛਾ chūchā
- worthless in Gujarati
- ઝાંટ jhā̃ṭ, કથીર kathīr
- worthless in Odia
- ନଷ୍ଟ naṣṭa
- worthless in Sanskrit
- असार asāra
- worthless in Nepali
- मूल्यहीन
- worthless in Pashto
- بې کاره be kâra
- worthless in Tagalog
- walang kwenta
- worthless in Arabic
- لَا قِيمَةَ لَهُ lā qīmata lahu, حَقِير ḥaqīr
- worthless in Vietnamese
- vô giá trị
Examples of worthless in a sentence
- The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.
- Copies of the original comic are valued by collectors, but the reissues are worthless.
- This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
Synonyms of worthless
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- drecky
- for the birds
- fucking
- garbagey
- good-for-naught
- good-for-nothing
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- junky
- mouldy
- no-account
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluable
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cress
- not worth a curse
- not worth a Continental
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth salt
- not worth a whistle
- of no value
- pissass
- punk
Antonyms
Forms of worthless
| comparative | more worthless |
|---|---|
| comparative | worthlesser |
| superlative | most worthless |
| superlative | worthlessest |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | wuffless |
| alternative form (obsolete) | worthlesse |
Origin of worthless
From Middle English *worthles, from Old English weorþlēas (“worthless”), equivalent to worth + -less. Cognate with Dutch waardeloos (“worthless”), German wertlos (“worthless”), Swedish värdelös (“worthless”).
Words formed from worthless
Questions about worthless
- What does worthless mean?
- Worthless means having no worth or use; without value.
- What is worthless in Hindi?
- Worthless in Hindi is असार (asār), बेकार (bekār). See Worthless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is worthless?
- Worthless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce worthless?
- Worthless is pronounced /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/ (UK).
Words near worthless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: worthless (page history and authors); कवडीमोल (Marathi) (page history and authors); آخور (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকালকুষ্মাণ্ড (Bengali) (page history and authors); അച്ചിരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); worthless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਛੂਛਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કથીર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ନଷ୍ଟ (Odia) (page history and authors); worthless (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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