valueless

[ val-yoo-lis ]

adjective

1. without worth or value; worthless:

   valueless stocks; a valueless promise.

ˈvalueless

/ ˈvæljʊlɪs /

adjective

1. having or possessing no value; worthless

Derived Forms

• ˈvaluelessness, noun

Other Words From

• value·less·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of valueless¹

First recorded in 1555–65; value + -less

Example Sentences

Some people starved, while others went on lunatic spending sprees, since there was no point keeping money that would soon be valueless.

From Freakonomics

In addition, we show how, in desperation to claim there was demand for the proposed vehicle, he paid for customers to book valueless, non-binding pre-orders.

From TechCrunch

Secretary of State John Kerry called the group, “ugly, savage, inexplicable, nihilistic, valueless evil.”

From The Daily Beast

In an interview, Liang said, “Air should be the most valueless commodity, free to breathe for any vagrant or beggar.”

From The Daily Beast

According to the supply-side view, temporary tax cuts and tax credits are economically valueless.

From The Daily Beast

The soldiers so frequently threw away copper coin given them in change as valueless, that many natives discontinued to offer it.

From Project Gutenberg

If the South failed, the promises would be valueless; if it succeeded, the obligations would be met as promptly as possible.

From Project Gutenberg

In itself valueless, yet a treasure in her eyes and mine, for it will protect our child, and many an envious eye is upon her.

From Project Gutenberg

The estate hardly meets its own mortgage, and the land has been so neglected as to be almost valueless.

From Project Gutenberg

This alcoholic preparation of lactucarium is quite as valueless and more objectionable than the syrup of the same drug.

From Project Gutenberg