Worthless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking in usefulness or value

morally reprehensible

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɜːθləs/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɜːθləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɜːθləs/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɜːθləs/.

Examples

a worthless idler
would do something as despicable as murder
ugly crimes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slimy wretched ugly vile unworthy despicable

Antonyms

valuable

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking in usefulness or value “a worthless idler”
adjective	morally reprehensible “would do something as despicable as murder”

Word Forms

worthlessness	noun	having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
despicableness	noun	unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
despicability	noun	unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
ugliness	noun	the quality of being wicked
sliminess	noun	the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
unworthiness	noun	the quality or state of lacking merit or value

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wertlos

es mangelt an Nützlichkeit oder Wert

🇫🇷French

sans valeur

manquant d'utilité ou de valeur

🇪🇸Spanish

sin valor

carente de utilidad o valor

🇮🇹Italian

senza valore

privi di utilità o valore

🇳🇱Dutch

waardeloos

zonder nut of waarde

🇵🇹Portuguese

inútil

sem utilidade ou valor

🇷🇺Russian

бесполезный

лишенный полезности или ценности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेकार

उपयोगिता या मूल्य में कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

মূল্যহীন

উপযোগিতা বা মূল্যের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

மதிப்பற்றது

பயன் அல்லது மதிப்பு இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

విలువలేనిది

ఉపయోగం లేదా విలువ లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

नालायक

उपयुक्तता किंवा मूल्याचा अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

નકામું

ઉપયોગિતા અથવા મૂલ્યનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಷ್ಪ್ರಯೋಜಕ

ಉಪಯುಕ್ತತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮೌಲ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിലയില്ലാത്ത

ഉപയോഗത്തിൻ്റെയോ മൂല്യത്തിൻ്റെയോ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਕਾਰ

ਉਪਯੋਗਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਮੁੱਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਮੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

بیکار

افادیت یا قدر میں کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

毫无价值的

缺乏实用性或价值

🇯🇵Japanese

無価値な

有用性や価値が欠けている

🇰🇷Korean

가치 없는

유용성이나 가치가 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vô giá trị

thiếu hữu ích hoặc giá trị

🇹🇭Thai

ไร้ค่า

ขาดประโยชน์หรือคุณค่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak berguna

kurang kegunaan atau nilainya

🇵🇭Filipino

walang kwenta

kulang sa silbi o halaga

🇲🇾Malay

tidak bernilai

tidak mempunyai kegunaan atau nilai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لا قيمة لها

تفتقر إلى الفائدة أو القيمة

🇮🇷Persian

بی ارزش

فاقد فایده یا ارزش

🇹🇷Turkish

değersiz

kullanışlılık veya değerden yoksun

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲסַר עֵרֶך

חסר תועלת או ערך

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