How to Use worthless in a Sentence
worthless
adjective
- The boots may be nice, but they're worthless if they don't fit you.
- She's depressed and believes that she's worthless.
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The hand is full of losers, and the queen of spades may worthless for offense.
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Frank Stewart,
The Mercury News,
4 Oct. 2024
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My fine, fine son, at the top of his game, felt worthless and unloved.
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cleveland,
29 Dec. 2019
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If the Tour of Flanders were in June, the bike race might be worthless to botanists.
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Joshua Robinson,
WSJ,
2 Apr. 2021
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Our tanks are worthless if the souls who must steer them are made of clay. . .
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Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2019
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Miss the date, and that card becomes worthless to the customer.
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Jordyn Holman,
Fortune,
24 Dec. 2020
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The bottom line was that my $25 gift card was worthless.
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Rich Exner,
cleveland,
26 Nov. 2020
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What’s fun and not destined to be worthless when you’re done with it?
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David Netto,
Town & Country,
5 Aug. 2020
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But without a plan to back it up, his pledge may prove worthless.
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John McCormack,
National Review,
19 Aug. 2021
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The land turned out to be worthless as an investment, too.
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Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2022
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But none of that is what makes this law truly worthless.
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J.d. Crowe | [email protected],
al,
27 Apr. 2021
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Which is yet more of a reminder of what a worthless number GDP is.
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John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
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He was stung by hornets and fell into the mud on what turned out to be worthless land.
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Dave Lieber,
Dallas News,
24 Dec. 2020
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The Lions did win the first matchup, which could lead you to believe Fields and the Bears’ secondary is worthless in this matchup.
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Tanner McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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Looking Ahead None of this is to say that AI in healthcare is worthless.
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Spencer Dorn,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
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Yes, but only at the point that the entire system is worthless.
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Jessica Royassistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2022
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So, Bill Goldman gave us the lesson that revenge is a worthless quest.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2024
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But what if the craft in question is worthless and about to go extinct, along with most other things?
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Michael Robbins,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Sep. 2021
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Those rights would be all but worthless in a Games without athletes.
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Eamon Barrett,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2021
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By this point, the Sudanese pound had become worthless as shops lay smashed and looted.
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Jack Jeffery and Noha Elhennawy,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Apr. 2023
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These conclusions are based on analyses that are so flawed as to be close to worthless.
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Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin,
WSJ,
28 July 2022
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Tests and vaccines will be worthless if the public can’t or simply doesn’t trust them.
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James Hamblin,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2020
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If any of the three drugs tied to the contingent value right fail to win approval within the next 15 months, the CVR will be worthless.
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Cristin Flanagan,
Bloomberg.com,
10 May 2020
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Shooters don’t have as many training aids, and some are worthless.
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Phil Bourjaily,
Field & Stream,
21 Aug. 2019
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Shooters don’t have as many training aids, and some are worthless.
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Phil Bourjaily,
Field & Stream,
3 July 2024
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But based on the season to date, the blowout win over the Pacers will prove worthless unless what Lillard says turns out to be true.
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oregonlive,
28 Apr. 2021
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There are lots of things wrong about February, which after the Super Bowl is the most worthless of months.
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Paul Daugherty,
The Enquirer,
17 Feb. 2022
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However, most of these firms were shown later to be next to worthless.
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Joel Litman,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2021
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And if a retail store closes or goes bankrupt, a gift card could be worthless.
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Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
26 Dec. 2023
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