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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WORTHLESSNESS, n.
1. Want of value; want of useful qualities; as the worthlessness of an old garment or of barren land.
2. Want of excellence or dignity; as the worthlessness of a person.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" [syn: worthlessness, ineptitude] [ant: worth]
2: the quality of being without practical use
Merriam Webster's
noun see worthless
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Worthless Worth"less, a. [AS. weor[eth]le['a]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. --Byron. -- Worth"less*ly, adv. -- Worth"less*ness, n.
