Worthlessness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Worthlessness is a noun meaning The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
Meaning
The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
Example Sentences
Kids these days far too often attribute low academic grades to feelings of worthlessness.
We see men of all kinds of professed creeds attain to almost all degrees of worth or worthlessness under each or any of them.
This general teaching as to the worthlessness of alcohol as a food had been set forth by the leaders in medical profession, and accepted largely by the rank and file of practitioners for about twenty-five years.
Word Forms
- worthlessnesses
Antonyms for worthlessness
Common opposites include worth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include futility, uselessness, irrelevance, impotence, underestimation, depreciation.
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