worthlessness

(noun)

noun

1. having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful

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

Similar word(s): ineptitude

Definition categories: attribute, quality

2. the quality of being without practical use

Definition categories: attribute, inutility, unusefulness, uselessness

Sentences with worthlessness as a noun:

- 1905 This sort of fat instead of indicating health points to disease. This general teaching as to the worthlessness of alcohol as a food had been set forth by the leaders in medical profession, and accepted largely by the rank and file of practitioners for about twenty-five years. — Carry Nation, The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, Chapter 28.