worthless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking in usefulness or value

   a worthless idler

2. 2
   adj

   Having no worth or use; without value.

   Don’t be a worthless slouch! Go get yourself a job.

3. 3
   adj

   morally reprehensible

Etymology

From Middle English *worthles, from Old English weorþlēas (“worthless”), equivalent to worth + -less. Cognate with Dutch waardeloos (“worthless”), German wertlos (“worthless”), Swedish värdelös (“worthless”).