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worthlessness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: worthlessness 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" [ant: {worth}] 2: the quality of being without practical use
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