valueless
Americanadjective
adjective
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The thing I love about poetry is its uselessness, the way it is, with a few exceptions, superfluous to capital, difficult to commodify, gratuitous in its insistence on avowing that which has been marked valueless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
The prosecution estimated the pigs were worth $42.20 each, but since they were likely suffering from infections, the company would likely have discarded them, which would have rendered them valueless, certain jurors said post-trial.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023
This is the only difference between these two worlds, and most TESCREALists would argue that the second world is utterly valueless.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
The stones were "all but valueless" to the buyers, Mr Durose said, as they would have to pay 20% VAT on their investment before they could be sold.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2021
Crease by crease he unfolded it, until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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