adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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As a member of parliament Mr Berezovsky is theoretically immune from prosecution, but he described this guarantee as worthless .
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Out on the stairs a piece of paper as worthless as Chamberlain's prohibited the use of body oils.
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All the seers and prophets saw the world as worthless .
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Because MI6 possessed no one with any technical qualifications to analyse the Oslo Report it was rejected as worthless and ignored.
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You will be as worthless as a piece of dirt on the sole of my shoe.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a completely worthless exercise
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I'm afraid this banknote is a forgery; it's just a worthless piece of paper.
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The jewellery turned out to be completely worthless .
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When he died, all my uncle left me was a worthless plot of land.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so it was I lost my worthless virginity.
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He thought praying and other religious acts were worthless and hypocritical in the absence of active service to the needy.
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I wanted to pay for the coffee, but I found that all I had was a couple of worthless coins.
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Is everything I did for Miss Elizabeth worthless and am I foolish to expect more of her?
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There was a real danger that these bonds would become worthless .
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They're worthless , of course they are, or else why do you think the state government let you have them.
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Was it not buying businesses and influence abroad with worthless pieces of paper?