worthlessness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: worthlessness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for worthlessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthlessness n having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" Synonym(s): worthlessness, ineptitude Antonym(s): worth the quality of being without practical use
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"lessly}, adv. -- {Worth"lessness}, n.