worthless

«worthless» in Mova's school dictionary: Having no value or use; not worth any money — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (worthless)

meaning for a pupil

1) Having no value or use; not worth any money. tree →

2) (of a person, unkind) Feeling or being treated as having no value. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories: a «worthless» old object often turns out to be treasure. In money and maths: a worthless coin or ticket is worth 0. In wellbeing: nobody is worthless; if you feel worthless, talk to a trusted adult.

examples

• The old painting turned out to be not worthless but very valuable. tree →
• Fake gold is worthless. tree →
• The ticket was worthless after the show had ended. tree →
• His promises were worthless because he never kept them. tree →
• No one is worthless; everybody matters. tree →
• The coins were worthless in the new country. tree →
• The casket was splendid, but the contents were worthless. tree →

note

Means «with no worth». Do not confuse with «priceless», which means worth so much you cannot put a price on it — the opposite. In maths, a worthless item adds 0 to a total.

In the corpora

• Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «worthless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.