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English Dictionary: worthless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthless
adj
  1. lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler" [ant: valuable]
  2. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
    Synonym(s): despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worthless \Worth"less\, a. [AS. weor[eb]le[a0]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.
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