valueless

[val-yoo-lis]

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR valueless ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

without worth or value; worthless: valueless stocks; a valueless promise.

Nearby words

Origin of valueless

First recorded in 1555–65; value + -less

Related formsval·ue·less·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for valueless

Secretary of State John Kerry called the group, “ugly, savage, inexplicable, nihilistic, valueless evil.”
Don't Start a War Over a Hostage|Jacob Siegel|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In an interview, Liang said, “Air should be the most valueless commodity, free to breathe for any vagrant or beggar.”
The Chinese Can’t Catch Their Breath|Brendon Hong|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Time and opportunity make men—and high talent in any profession or sphere of life is valueless unless called into action.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848|Various
But although my fortune is princely, I feel it would be valueless without your lovely daughter.
An Old Sailor's Yarns|Nathaniel Ames

The physical strength in which he had trusted seemed to him at that instant a valueless and impotent thing.
The Vanished Messenger|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Though one may count his pearls by the score, the hoard may be valueless.
Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield
The fair gardens of Castellon, of Gandia, of Murviedro would be barren and valueless without these waters.
Spain|Wentworth Webster

British Dictionary definitions for valueless

valueless

adjective

having or possessing no value; worthless

Derived Formsvaluelessness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

valueless

adjective

RELATED CONTENT

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of valueless

Examples from the Web for valueless

valueless

adjective