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UK
/wˈɜːθləsnəs/
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NOUN
- the quality of being without practical use
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having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
How To Use worthlessness In A Sentence
- Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and worthlessness are the essence of depression.
- Not to be on the "Index" would call a blush to the cheek of the most unambitious of authors, -- would carry a presumption of worthlessness with it from which even the penny-a-liner would shrink with dismay, -- and to the poet and historian would sound like a sentence of perpetual exclusion from all those cherished hopes which irradiate with heavenly light the steep and thorny paths of intellectual renown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864
- “Your language is wonderfully altered within this twelvemonth,” said Mr Monckton; “the worthlessness of human nature! the miseries of life! this from you! so lately the champion of human nature, and the panegyrist of human life!” Cecilia
- If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
- If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
- If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.
- The pomposity and ostentation of the rich seems to heighten the sense of our ultimate worthlessness.
- Individuals experiencing shame might feel a sense of worthlessness, incompetence, or a generalized feeling of contempt for themselves, thereby demonstrating a reflection of overly harsh self-evaluations.
- This dictionary is awful to the point of worthlessness. Arabic Practical Dictionary: Arabic-English English-Arabic « Books « Literacy News
- 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.