Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: worthless
IPA transcription: [w'ɝθləs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: worthless
    Meaning: lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
Usage examples
  • She ran away with a worthless fellow--I forget his name, if I ever knew it.
  • When all is said, the scientific term is composed of a misconception and a worthless epithet.
  • "Those blocks which you are trampling under foot, like worthless stones, contain gold-ore of great purity."
  • The worthless ones were to be got rid of, and, since dogs count for little against dollars, they were to be sold.
  • The true scientist is the man with the open mind, one who will discard the worthless and accept only the proven good.
  • So the poor milliner's wares, although beautified by lace and ribbons, are worthless unless you are perched upon them."
  • And although our life, in this manifestation of it, is often worthless, yet it is life and not simply extracting square roots.
  • Look upon the infinitude, the solidity, the swift motion, of the heavens, and for once cease to admire things mean and worthless.
  • "By Jove!" said George Curtis, when I showed him some of the diamonds: "well, at least you have got something for your pains, besides my worthless self."
  • Hence the elimination of the worthless "gangue" by concentration of the iron particles associated with it, seemed to be the only solution of the problem.