worthlessness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WORTHLESSNESS, noun 1. Want of value; want of useful qualities; as the worthlessness of an old garment or of barren land. 2. Want of excellence or dignity; as the worthlessness of a person.
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