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Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate.

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  1. a. Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate.
  2. adj. lacking in usefulness or value
  3. adj. morally reprehensible
  4. Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron. -- Worth"less*ly, adv. -- Worth"less*ness, n.
  5. Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence,dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean;as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman;a worthless magistrate.'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron.-- Worth"less*ly, adv.-- Worth"less*ness, n.
  6. j:100 a. lacking in usefulness or value