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Vinony

worthlessness

noun

  1. lack of value or merit
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English worthless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English worthlessness From worthless + -ness.

  1. The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.

    “Kids these days far too often attribute low academic grades to feelings of worthlessness.”

    “We see men of all kinds of professed creeds attain to almost all degrees of worth or worthlessness under each or any of them.”