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worthlessness

  • a word derived from worthless.
    worthless
    adjective
    without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing.

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Two years later Stalin would learn the worthlessness of Hitler’s promise of nonaggression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Nearly all transactions in Venezuela took place in dollars owing to the hyperinflation and eventual worthlessness of the local bolivar currency.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

"It's left a deeply ingrained sense of worthlessness in me, which I fear will stay with me the rest of my life."

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023

But developers have long conflated pricelessness with worthlessness, allowing them to profit without paying for the consequences of destroying the environment.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 22, 2023

As soon as I’d said it I calculated the worthlessness of this autopilot adolescent protest.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith