worthless

worthless
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. useless, no good, good-for-nothing, no-account (inf.), lousy (sl.); base, vile; valueless; poor, miserable; trashy; unserviceable; trifling; characterless.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Valueless]
Syn. profitless, counterproductive, barren, unprofitable, unproductive, unimportant, insignificant, counterfeit, bogus, cheap, sterile, waste, wasted, no good, trashy, inconsequential, petty, piddling, paltry, trivial, trifling, unessential, beneath notice, empty, good-for-nothing, no-account*, junky*, crowbait*, not worth a damn*, of no earthly use*, not worth the trouble*, not worth speaking of*, fit for the dust hole*, not able to say much for*.
2. [Useless]
Syn. ineffective, of no use, ineffectual; see useless 1 , waste .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
valueless, useless, good-for-nothing, unproductive, unprofitable, profitless, vain, futile, impotent, ineffective, empty, *not worth the powder to blow it to hell, *not worth beans.
ANT.: valuable, worthwhile, profitable, effective
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Lacking all worth and value: drossy, good-for-nothing, inutile, no-good, nothing, valueless. Informal: no-account. See VALUE. 2. Having no useful purpose: ineffectual, inutile, unusable, useless. See USED.

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