worthless
Good for nothing
Worthless means having no value, use, or merit.
A worthless investment produces no return.
A worthless promise will never be kept.
Applied to people, it's a harsh judgment of character or capability: He called his son worthless.
The word carries more finality than similar terms—not merely low in value, but completely without it.
Without practical value
- futileIncapable of producing results
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
- vainExcessively proud or futile
idle · unavailing · fruitless · unproductive · ineffectual · nugatory · otiose · good-for-nothing
Having no worth
- pricelessToo valuable to quantify
- unvaluedNot held precious
- devaluedLowered in worth
- depreciatedDecreased in monetary value
cheap · paltry · meager · negligible · nominal · token · hollow · empty
Lacking significance or weight
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
petty · minor · piddling · measly · puny · dinky · two-bit · small-time
Morally worthless, beneath regard
- vileExtremely unpleasant or bad
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- detestableWorthy of intense dislike
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
reprehensible · odious · contemptible · scummy · lowlife · scoundrel · wretch · cad
Not wished for
- discardedGotten rid of
- cast-offDiscarded or abandoned item
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
jettisoned · scrapped · dumped · ditched · rejected · spurned · rebuffed · refused
useless
Without practical value
- futileIncapable of producing results
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
vain · idle · unavailing · fruitless · unproductive · ineffectual · nugatory · otiose · good-for-nothing · no-good
valueless
Having no worth
depreciated · cheap · paltry · meager · negligible · nominal · token · hollow · empty · void
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
trifling · petty · minor · piddling · measly · puny · dinky · two-bit · small-time · penny-ante
despicable
Morally worthless, beneath regard
- vileExtremely unpleasant or bad
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- detestableWorthy of intense dislike
abhorrent · reprehensible · odious · contemptible · scummy · lowlife · scoundrel · wretch · cad · heel
unwanted
Not wished for
forsaken · jettisoned · scrapped · dumped · ditched · rejected · spurned · rebuffed · refused · dismissed
substandard
Below required quality
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- third-rateOf poor quality
low-grade · cheap · trashy · junky · crummy · lousy · crappy · rubbish · garbage · dreck
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- negative adjectivesawful, bad, cruel, dumb, evil
- shortcomingsdeficient, inadequate, lacking, inferior, subpar
- moral judgmentsgood, evil, wicked, virtuous, moral
worthlessvaluable
Worth considerable money
priceless · precious · invaluable · costly · expensive
worthlessuseful
Serving a purpose
worthwhile · valuable · beneficial · productive · indispensable