Definition of worthless in English:

worthless

adjective ˈwəːθlɪsˈwərθləs

1Having no real value or use.
无价值的；不值钱的；没用处的
that promise is worthless
那个承诺一文不值。
Example sentencesExamples
- And although many of us see the little copper coin as worthless and would like to see it go, charities disagree.
- Shareholders in both firms have seen their investments become almost worthless.
- A car seller was duped out of nearly £10,000 by a buyer with a worthless forged banker's draft.
- Foreign companies don't like being paid in internationally worthless local money.
- Change also means that what we do today may be worthless tomorrow, but we have to accept that because we are in fashion.
- But they later learned the shares could not be sold for a year, by which time they were worthless.
- With both companies shedding hundreds of jobs, their shares looked increasingly worthless as the week came to a close.
- As borrowers defaulted, the banks found themselves with a lot of worthless loan portfolios.
- He knew that the days of being able to con thousands of people into paying for his worthless courses were over.
- If real, they are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds; if fake, they are worthless.
- How can something so valuable to one group of people be so worthless to the next?
- But talent is worthless if it is not combined with hard work, commitment and team spirit.
- The farmers received about a quarter of what their animals had been worth, as the meat was worthless.
- Inflation made the official currency worthless, so people resorted to barter.
- But all that effort was rendered worthless by a council official's mistake.
- How are we supposed to feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement when our superiors deem these successes worthless?
- Damaged or damp-affected examples are worthless as they are unrestorable.
- How could he put a value on something that he believed to be worthless?
- The bags also contained cheques, which have now been cancelled and rendered worthless.
- Next time you fill a bin with worthless glass bottles ask yourself who is benefiting from your efforts.
Synonyms
valueless, of little/no value, of little/no worth, without value, of little/no financial value
rubbishy, trashy, paltry, (of) poor quality, (of) low quality, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheap and nasty, shoddy, tawdry, gimcrack
informal crummy
British informal two a penny, ten a penny, twopenny-halfpenny
North American informal nickel-and-dime
useless, no use, of no benefit, to no avail, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, fruitless, unproductive, unavailing, pointless, nugatory, valueless, inadequate, deficient, defective, inferior, unsatisfactory, meaningless, senseless, insubstantial, empty, hollow, silly, banal, trifling, petty, inconsequential, lame, paltry, pathetic, piddling
informal a dead loss
archaic bootless
rare unfructuous
1. 1.1 (of a person) having no good qualities; deserving contempt.
  （人）没有优点的，无足轻重的；应被鄙视的，可鄙的
  Joan had been deserted by a worthless husband
  琼已被她可鄙的丈夫遗弃。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What should we do when people say their lives are meaningless and worthless and they want to die?
  An example of emotional abuse is if your parents constantly say you are worthless and they wish you had never been born.
  They all lack real hope in the future, see no point in looking for tomorrow, and believe that they are worthless.
  He knew what the Duke was thinking and it made him feel worthless.
  He was sad and tearful most of the time, wanting to resign his job as he felt he was worthless.
  One exercise ably demonstrated that if we feel miserable and worthless then that's how we will be.
  Many people have been told they are worthless or that it is impossible for them to change.
  I basically felt pretty worthless and there wasn't a lot left in me.
  He continued to employ a certain worthless, incompetent clerk named Robert Crachitt.
  She has a severe inferiority complex and believes herself to be completely worthless.
  He looks down on himself as an old worthless man that's wasting away his last few years.
  He was well known as a worthless man and was picked on whenever he was spotted.
  People pretend she's not there, she doesn't exist - can you imagine how worthless that would make you feel?
  I have to say that when you are told that you are worthless again and again, you do start to believe it after a while.
  His decline was rooted in fear, too, the fear that he was somehow worthless once the title had gone.
  Without her I would not have developed as a person, would still be convinced that I am worthless.
  She felt she was worthless beyond words, unable to help her friends out of this.
  There would be no one that would ever beat him again, or tell him he was worthless.
  Finally, recruiters told him he was worthless and asked him make his own way home.
  Devan woke up later that night and rolled to her side, feeling completely and utterly worthless.
  Synonyms
  good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, useless, despicable, contemptible, base, low, vile, abject, debased, degraded, ignominious, mean, corrupt, villainous, depraved, degenerate, wretched, miserable, sorry, shiftless, feckless, incompetent
  informal no-good, no-account, lousy

Derivatives

worthlessly

adverbˈwəːθləsliˈwərθləsli

Do you know how that feels, to be tossed aside worthlessly?
Example sentencesExamples
- They speak like they know for sure that that is what happened and it makes me feel that I'm just living worthlessly, but I am surviving for my child.
- I worthlessly hoped it was late enough that my dad would be asleep, so that he would not notice that I came in past curfew.

worthlessness

noun ˈwəːθləsnəsˈwərθləsnəs

Isolation is the worst thing for someone who is convinced of their own worthlessness because there is no counterpoint to that opinion, no one to remind us of the wonderful qualities that we possess.
Example sentencesExamples
- Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and worthlessness are the essence of depression.
- When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
- Regardless of her well-groomed surroundings and well-defined sense of purpose, she says that early in her career she would stumble on nagging thoughts of worthlessness.
- Teenagers, in particular, are susceptible to feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem because they cannot measure up to the perceived ideal of air-brushed perfection.

Definition of worthless in US English:

worthless

adjectiveˈwərTHləsˈwərθləs

1Having no real value or use.
无价值的；不值钱的；没用处的
that promise is worthless
那个承诺一文不值。
Example sentencesExamples
- Change also means that what we do today may be worthless tomorrow, but we have to accept that because we are in fashion.
- The bags also contained cheques, which have now been cancelled and rendered worthless.
- Shareholders in both firms have seen their investments become almost worthless.
- Inflation made the official currency worthless, so people resorted to barter.
- With both companies shedding hundreds of jobs, their shares looked increasingly worthless as the week came to a close.
- But all that effort was rendered worthless by a council official's mistake.
- How could he put a value on something that he believed to be worthless?
- How can something so valuable to one group of people be so worthless to the next?
- As borrowers defaulted, the banks found themselves with a lot of worthless loan portfolios.
- He knew that the days of being able to con thousands of people into paying for his worthless courses were over.
- A car seller was duped out of nearly £10,000 by a buyer with a worthless forged banker's draft.
- But talent is worthless if it is not combined with hard work, commitment and team spirit.
- And although many of us see the little copper coin as worthless and would like to see it go, charities disagree.
- The farmers received about a quarter of what their animals had been worth, as the meat was worthless.
- But they later learned the shares could not be sold for a year, by which time they were worthless.
- How are we supposed to feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement when our superiors deem these successes worthless?
- Damaged or damp-affected examples are worthless as they are unrestorable.
- If real, they are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds; if fake, they are worthless.
- Foreign companies don't like being paid in internationally worthless local money.
- Next time you fill a bin with worthless glass bottles ask yourself who is benefiting from your efforts.
Synonyms
valueless, of little value, of no value, of little worth, of no worth, without value, of little financial value, of no financial value, meritless
useless, no use, of no benefit, to no avail, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, fruitless, unproductive, unavailing, pointless, nugatory, valueless, inadequate, deficient, defective, inferior, unsatisfactory, meaningless, senseless, insubstantial, empty, hollow, silly, banal, trifling, petty, inconsequential, lame, paltry, pathetic, piddling
1. 1.1 (of a person) having no good qualities; deserving contempt.
  （人）没有优点的，无足轻重的；应被鄙视的，可鄙的
  Joan had been deserted by a worthless husband
  琼已被她可鄙的丈夫遗弃。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was well known as a worthless man and was picked on whenever he was spotted.
  They all lack real hope in the future, see no point in looking for tomorrow, and believe that they are worthless.
  Without her I would not have developed as a person, would still be convinced that I am worthless.
  He continued to employ a certain worthless, incompetent clerk named Robert Crachitt.
  His decline was rooted in fear, too, the fear that he was somehow worthless once the title had gone.
  He looks down on himself as an old worthless man that's wasting away his last few years.
  What should we do when people say their lives are meaningless and worthless and they want to die?
  One exercise ably demonstrated that if we feel miserable and worthless then that's how we will be.
  People pretend she's not there, she doesn't exist - can you imagine how worthless that would make you feel?
  Finally, recruiters told him he was worthless and asked him make his own way home.
  He was sad and tearful most of the time, wanting to resign his job as he felt he was worthless.
  Many people have been told they are worthless or that it is impossible for them to change.
  I basically felt pretty worthless and there wasn't a lot left in me.
  He knew what the Duke was thinking and it made him feel worthless.
  She felt she was worthless beyond words, unable to help her friends out of this.
  She has a severe inferiority complex and believes herself to be completely worthless.
  I have to say that when you are told that you are worthless again and again, you do start to believe it after a while.
  There would be no one that would ever beat him again, or tell him he was worthless.
  Devan woke up later that night and rolled to her side, feeling completely and utterly worthless.
  An example of emotional abuse is if your parents constantly say you are worthless and they wish you had never been born.
  Synonyms
  good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, useless, despicable, contemptible, base, low, vile, abject, debased, degraded, ignominious, mean, corrupt, villainous, depraved, degenerate, wretched, miserable, sorry, shiftless, feckless, incompetent

词汇	worthless
释义	Definition of worthless in English: worthless adjective ˈwəːθlɪsˈwərθləs 1Having no real value or use. 无价值的；不值钱的；没用处的 that promise is worthless 那个承诺一文不值。 Example sentencesExamples And although many of us see the little copper coin as worthless and would like to see it go, charities disagree. Shareholders in both firms have seen their investments become almost worthless. A car seller was duped out of nearly £10,000 by a buyer with a worthless forged banker's draft. Foreign companies don't like being paid in internationally worthless local money. Change also means that what we do today may be worthless tomorrow, but we have to accept that because we are in fashion. But they later learned the shares could not be sold for a year, by which time they were worthless. With both companies shedding hundreds of jobs, their shares looked increasingly worthless as the week came to a close. As borrowers defaulted, the banks found themselves with a lot of worthless loan portfolios. He knew that the days of being able to con thousands of people into paying for his worthless courses were over. If real, they are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds; if fake, they are worthless. How can something so valuable to one group of people be so worthless to the next? But talent is worthless if it is not combined with hard work, commitment and team spirit. The farmers received about a quarter of what their animals had been worth, as the meat was worthless. Inflation made the official currency worthless, so people resorted to barter. But all that effort was rendered worthless by a council official's mistake. How are we supposed to feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement when our superiors deem these successes worthless? Damaged or damp-affected examples are worthless as they are unrestorable. How could he put a value on something that he believed to be worthless? The bags also contained cheques, which have now been cancelled and rendered worthless. Next time you fill a bin with worthless glass bottles ask yourself who is benefiting from your efforts. Synonyms valueless, of little/no value, of little/no worth, without value, of little/no financial value rubbishy, trashy, paltry, (of) poor quality, (of) low quality, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheap and nasty, shoddy, tawdry, gimcrack informal crummy British informal two a penny, ten a penny, twopenny-halfpenny North American informal nickel-and-dime useless, no use, of no benefit, to no avail, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, fruitless, unproductive, unavailing, pointless, nugatory, valueless, inadequate, deficient, defective, inferior, unsatisfactory, meaningless, senseless, insubstantial, empty, hollow, silly, banal, trifling, petty, inconsequential, lame, paltry, pathetic, piddling informal a dead loss archaic bootless rare unfructuous 1.1 (of a person) having no good qualities; deserving contempt. （人）没有优点的，无足轻重的；应被鄙视的，可鄙的 Joan had been deserted by a worthless husband 琼已被她可鄙的丈夫遗弃。 Example sentencesExamples What should we do when people say their lives are meaningless and worthless and they want to die? An example of emotional abuse is if your parents constantly say you are worthless and they wish you had never been born. They all lack real hope in the future, see no point in looking for tomorrow, and believe that they are worthless. He knew what the Duke was thinking and it made him feel worthless. He was sad and tearful most of the time, wanting to resign his job as he felt he was worthless. One exercise ably demonstrated that if we feel miserable and worthless then that's how we will be. Many people have been told they are worthless or that it is impossible for them to change. I basically felt pretty worthless and there wasn't a lot left in me. He continued to employ a certain worthless, incompetent clerk named Robert Crachitt. She has a severe inferiority complex and believes herself to be completely worthless. He looks down on himself as an old worthless man that's wasting away his last few years. He was well known as a worthless man and was picked on whenever he was spotted. People pretend she's not there, she doesn't exist - can you imagine how worthless that would make you feel? I have to say that when you are told that you are worthless again and again, you do start to believe it after a while. His decline was rooted in fear, too, the fear that he was somehow worthless once the title had gone. Without her I would not have developed as a person, would still be convinced that I am worthless. She felt she was worthless beyond words, unable to help her friends out of this. There would be no one that would ever beat him again, or tell him he was worthless. Finally, recruiters told him he was worthless and asked him make his own way home. Devan woke up later that night and rolled to her side, feeling completely and utterly worthless. Synonyms good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, useless, despicable, contemptible, base, low, vile, abject, debased, degraded, ignominious, mean, corrupt, villainous, depraved, degenerate, wretched, miserable, sorry, shiftless, feckless, incompetent informal no-good, no-account, lousy Derivatives worthlessly adverbˈwəːθləsliˈwərθləsli Do you know how that feels, to be tossed aside worthlessly? Example sentencesExamples They speak like they know for sure that that is what happened and it makes me feel that I'm just living worthlessly, but I am surviving for my child. I worthlessly hoped it was late enough that my dad would be asleep, so that he would not notice that I came in past curfew. worthlessness noun ˈwəːθləsnəsˈwərθləsnəs Isolation is the worst thing for someone who is convinced of their own worthlessness because there is no counterpoint to that opinion, no one to remind us of the wonderful qualities that we possess. Example sentencesExamples Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and worthlessness are the essence of depression. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Regardless of her well-groomed surroundings and well-defined sense of purpose, she says that early in her career she would stumble on nagging thoughts of worthlessness. Teenagers, in particular, are susceptible to feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem because they cannot measure up to the perceived ideal of air-brushed perfection. Definition of worthless in US English: worthless adjectiveˈwərTHləsˈwərθləs 1Having no real value or use. 无价值的；不值钱的；没用处的 that promise is worthless 那个承诺一文不值。 Example sentencesExamples Change also means that what we do today may be worthless tomorrow, but we have to accept that because we are in fashion. The bags also contained cheques, which have now been cancelled and rendered worthless. Shareholders in both firms have seen their investments become almost worthless. Inflation made the official currency worthless, so people resorted to barter. With both companies shedding hundreds of jobs, their shares looked increasingly worthless as the week came to a close. But all that effort was rendered worthless by a council official's mistake. How could he put a value on something that he believed to be worthless? How can something so valuable to one group of people be so worthless to the next? As borrowers defaulted, the banks found themselves with a lot of worthless loan portfolios. He knew that the days of being able to con thousands of people into paying for his worthless courses were over. A car seller was duped out of nearly £10,000 by a buyer with a worthless forged banker's draft. But talent is worthless if it is not combined with hard work, commitment and team spirit. And although many of us see the little copper coin as worthless and would like to see it go, charities disagree. The farmers received about a quarter of what their animals had been worth, as the meat was worthless. But they later learned the shares could not be sold for a year, by which time they were worthless. How are we supposed to feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement when our superiors deem these successes worthless? Damaged or damp-affected examples are worthless as they are unrestorable. If real, they are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds; if fake, they are worthless. Foreign companies don't like being paid in internationally worthless local money. Next time you fill a bin with worthless glass bottles ask yourself who is benefiting from your efforts. Synonyms valueless, of little value, of no value, of little worth, of no worth, without value, of little financial value, of no financial value, meritless useless, no use, of no benefit, to no avail, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, fruitless, unproductive, unavailing, pointless, nugatory, valueless, inadequate, deficient, defective, inferior, unsatisfactory, meaningless, senseless, insubstantial, empty, hollow, silly, banal, trifling, petty, inconsequential, lame, paltry, pathetic, piddling 1.1 (of a person) having no good qualities; deserving contempt. （人）没有优点的，无足轻重的；应被鄙视的，可鄙的 Joan had been deserted by a worthless husband 琼已被她可鄙的丈夫遗弃。 Example sentencesExamples He was well known as a worthless man and was picked on whenever he was spotted. They all lack real hope in the future, see no point in looking for tomorrow, and believe that they are worthless. Without her I would not have developed as a person, would still be convinced that I am worthless. He continued to employ a certain worthless, incompetent clerk named Robert Crachitt. His decline was rooted in fear, too, the fear that he was somehow worthless once the title had gone. He looks down on himself as an old worthless man that's wasting away his last few years. What should we do when people say their lives are meaningless and worthless and they want to die? One exercise ably demonstrated that if we feel miserable and worthless then that's how we will be. People pretend she's not there, she doesn't exist - can you imagine how worthless that would make you feel? Finally, recruiters told him he was worthless and asked him make his own way home. He was sad and tearful most of the time, wanting to resign his job as he felt he was worthless. Many people have been told they are worthless or that it is impossible for them to change. I basically felt pretty worthless and there wasn't a lot left in me. He knew what the Duke was thinking and it made him feel worthless. She felt she was worthless beyond words, unable to help her friends out of this. She has a severe inferiority complex and believes herself to be completely worthless. I have to say that when you are told that you are worthless again and again, you do start to believe it after a while. There would be no one that would ever beat him again, or tell him he was worthless. Devan woke up later that night and rolled to her side, feeling completely and utterly worthless. An example of emotional abuse is if your parents constantly say you are worthless and they wish you had never been born. Synonyms good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, useless, despicable, contemptible, base, low, vile, abject, debased, degraded, ignominious, mean, corrupt, villainous, depraved, degenerate, wretched, miserable, sorry, shiftless, feckless, incompetent
随便看	intransigently in transit in-transit intransitive party-walled party whip party witness party–liner partzite parula parulas parumbilical parure paruresis parusiamania par vagum parvalbumin par value parvanimity Parvati parve parvenu parvenu(e) parvenue parvenuism