Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worthlessness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Worthless \Worth"less\, a. [AS. weor[eth]le['a]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
worthlessness
n 1: having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful;
"the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the
recruits of their worthlessness" [ant: {worth}]
2: the quality of being without practical use
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