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# worthless

«worthless» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having no value or use; not worth any money** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (worthless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having no value or use; not worth any money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#m1)

2) (of a person, unkind) Feeling or being treated as having no value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: a «worthless» old object often turns out to be treasure. In money and maths: a worthless coin or ticket is worth 0. In wellbeing: nobody is worthless; if you feel worthless, talk to a trusted adult.

### examples

- The old painting turned out to be not worthless but very valuable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x1)
- Fake gold is worthless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x2)
- The ticket was worthless after the show had ended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x3)
- His promises were worthless because he never kept them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x4)
- No one is worthless; everybody matters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x5)
- The coins were worthless in the new country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x6)
- The casket was splendid, but the contents were worthless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/#x7)

### note

Means «with no worth». Do not confuse with «priceless», which means worth so much you cannot put a price on it — the opposite. In maths, a worthless item adds 0 to a total.

### In the corpora

- [Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.172/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «worthless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.