Definition of "worthless" []

• Lacking worth; of no use or value. (adjective)
• Low; despicable. (adjective)

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• "Union under the Constitution, which he called a worthless bit of old parchment."
• "He wanted no restoration of the Union under the Constitution, which he called a worthless bit of old parchment."
• "We now had music in the true sense of the word, and Conductor Alois Schmitt from Schwerin contributed an odd share by performing what he called a worthless old composition of his."