worthlessness
Other forms: worthlessnesses
Worthlessness is a state of being unimportant and useless. When you complain about your coworkers' worthlessness, you're talking about the fact that they don't contribute anything at work.
The noun worthlessness can describe an object's lack of value, but it's more often used to describe a person — especially the way she feels about herself. For example, a depressed person might struggle with feelings of worthlessness — of not being useful or important in any way. The adjective worthless is at the root of worthlessness, with its meaning of "without value." Both words come from the Old English weorþ, "significant, of value, or appreciated."
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the quality of being without practical use
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type of:
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inutility, unusefulness, uselessness
the quality of having no practical use
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inutility, unusefulness, uselessness
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having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful“the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness”
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synonyms:
ineptitude
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Antonyms:
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worth
the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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fecklessness
worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
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groundlessness, idleness
the quality of lacking substance or value
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paltriness, sorriness
worthlessness due to insignificance
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valuelessness
having none of the properties that endow something with value
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shoddiness, trashiness
the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
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darn, hoot, red cent
something of little value
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emptiness, vanity
the quality of being valueless or futile
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type of:
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quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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