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单词 worthless
释义 worth·less
\ˈwərthlə̇s, ˈwə̄th-, ˈwəith-\ adjective
Etymology: worth (IV) + -less
1.
 a. : lacking value or material worth : valueless
  < finding the country flooded with worthless currency and black markets — Current Biography >
  < insisted that the Sudan was a worthless desert — Herman Ausubel >
 b. : of no value, use, or profit : useless
  < the stream took a bend back toward the ocean, and it would be worthless to follow it any longer — Norman Mailer >
  < their estimated costs of clothing may well be worthless unless the girls … pin them down to accuracy — J.A.Leavitt & C.O.Hanson >
  < such statistical knowledge may be worthless to many people >
2.
 a. : lacking moral character : low, despicable
  < deceived by a worthless woman >
  < ran off with a worthless laughing fellow who lived by gambling — Sinclair Lewis >
 b. : lacking merit or worth : unproductive, incompetent
  < its vast possessions … had been squandered by worthless abbots — H.O.Taylor >
  < so worthless that they had to plunder friends as well as foes — Charles Kingsley >
worth·less·ly adverb
worth·less·ness noun -es
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