WORTHLESSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful

Example:

the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness

Synonyms:

ineptitude; worthlessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("worthlessness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worthlessness"):

fecklessness (worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual)

groundlessness; idleness (the quality of lacking substance or value)

paltriness; sorriness (worthlessness due to insignificance)

valuelessness (having none of the properties that endow something with value)

shoddiness; trashiness (the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better)

emptiness; vanity (the quality of being valueless or futile)

Antonym:

worth (the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful)

Derivation:

worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)

Meaning:

The quality of being without practical use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("worthlessness" is a kind of...):

inutility; unusefulness; uselessness (the quality of having no practical use)