Synonyms for valueless
- adjective
Most common
ineffectual junky scabbed rubbishy jabberwocky draffish drecky goodless
All synonyms
Adjective
worthless, good-for-nothing, no-good, ineffectual, miserable, vile, vain, junky, no-account informal UK US, scabbed, punk US, rubbishy, shand UK, jabberwocky, draffish, drecky, goodless, nonvaluable, strawlike, trinkety informal, wutless, unworthy, paltry, trashy, scurvy, good-for-naught dated, cruddy slang, scummy slang, sorry-ass vulgar slang, blown dated, naughty dated, chaffy dated, cullionly dated, draffy dated, floccinaucinihilipilificatious rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having no value; worthless.
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Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- ineffectual My efforts seemed ineffectual.
- junky I hate to break it to you but Yanni is a junky.
- scabbed One scabbed sheep infects a whole flock.
- jabberwocky His long-haired, blond, Teddy Bear hamster was called Jabberwocky.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| valueless | falling | |
| ineffectual | steady | |
| junky | rising | |
| scabbed | rising | |
| rubbishy | steady | |
| jabberwocky | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- punk1, vain1, vile1
- 5 letters
- blown1, shand1, junky2
- 6 letters
- trashy2, paltry2, scurvy, scummy, cruddy2, chaffy2, drecky, draffy
- 7 letters
- naughty2, scabbed, wutless
- 8 letters
- unworthy3, rubbishy, draffish, goodless, trinkety
- 9 letters
- miserable4, worthless2, strawlike, cullionly
- 11 letters
- ineffectual5, jabberwocky, nonvaluable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (junky2 = 2 syllables).