worthlessly
To no avail
In a manner that has no value, use, or purpose.
Someone who spends their days worthlessly accomplishes nothing of merit: He wandered worthlessly through his twenties.
The word often carries moral judgment, suggesting wasted potential or squandered time.
Without achieving purpose
- fruitlesslyWithout achieving the goal
- ineffectuallyWithout producing intended results
- unproductivelyWithout useful outcome
- unavailinglyWithout producing desired effect
uselessly · purposelessly · hopelessly · ineffectively · impotently · bootlessly · idly · emptily
In an unimportant manner
- inconsequentiallyWithout meaningful effect
- negligiblyTo a trifling extent
- marginallyTo a minor extent
- immateriallyWithout relevant impact
peripherally · frivolously · superfluously · unnecessarily · irrelevantly · extraneously · unimportantly · insubstantially
With scorn or derision
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- disdainfullyWith arrogant dismissal
- disparaginglyIn a belittling manner
- derisivelyIn a mocking manner
mockingly · sneeringly · belittlingly · demeaningly · cynically · scoffingly · pejoratively · deprecatingly
vainly
Without achieving purpose
- fruitlesslyWithout achieving the goal
- ineffectuallyWithout producing intended results
- unproductivelyWithout useful outcome
unavailingly · uselessly · purposelessly · hopelessly · ineffectively · impotently · bootlessly · idly · emptily · aimlessly
insignificantly
In an unimportant manner
- inconsequentiallyWithout meaningful effect
- negligiblyTo a trifling extent
- marginallyTo a minor extent
immaterially · peripherally · frivolously · superfluously · unnecessarily · irrelevantly · extraneously · unimportantly · insubstantially · meagerly
contemptuously
With scorn or derision
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- disdainfullyWith arrogant dismissal
- disparaginglyIn a belittling manner
derisively · mockingly · sneeringly · belittlingly · demeaningly · cynically · scoffingly · pejoratively · deprecatingly · slightingly
worthlesslyvaluably
In a worthwhile manner
worthily · preciously · invaluably · profitably · significantly
worthlesslyproductively
With useful output
usefully · effectively · successfully · fruitfully · constructively
worthlesslypurposefully
With conscious intention
meaningfully · significantly · importantly · consequentially · pointedly