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

The thing I love about poetry is its uselessness, the way it is, with a few exceptions, superfluous to capital, difficult to commodify, gratuitous in its insistence on avowing that which has been marked valueless.

From Los Angeles Times

The prosecution estimated the pigs were worth $42.20 each, but since they were likely suffering from infections, the company would likely have discarded them, which would have rendered them valueless, certain jurors said post-trial.

From National Geographic

This is the only difference between these two worlds, and most TESCREALists would argue that the second world is utterly valueless.

From Salon

Contestants are judged for their originality, quality of execution and strength of concept — a set of criteria so universal that it’s essentially valueless.

From Los Angeles Times

The absence of a human hand — made glaring and discomforting through the tiniest lapses of approximated intuition — can render the listening experience a valueless exchange, the music a bunk currency.

From Washington Post