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English noun: worthlessness

1. worthlessness (attribute) having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful


SamplesThe drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness.


Synonymsineptitude


Broader (hypernym)quality


Narrower (hyponym)damn, darn, emptiness, fecklessness, groundlessness, hoot, idleness, paltriness, red cent, shit, shoddiness, shucks, sorriness, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, trashiness, valuelessness, vanity


Antonymsworth

2. worthlessness (attribute) the quality of being without practical use


Broader (hypernym)inutility, unusefulness, uselessness









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