noun · neutral
worth
UK/wɜːθ/US/wɜːrθ/WORTH
value or importance; used to say whether something deserves effort or has value
Examples
“The old house is of little monetary worth, but holds great sentimental value.”
“This investment proved worthless after the market crashed.”
“worthless”
Band 8 sentence
“If a policy proves worthless in practice, policymakers must be willing to revise it rather than insist on its continuation.”
Collocations
- worthless idea
- be worth something
- prove worthless
Word family
Common mistakes
The old tools are not useful anymore; they are worthless.→The old tools are not useful anymore; they are useless.
This report is worthless for our research.→This report is not very useful for our research.
Say it for a higher band
5bad→6useless→7+worthless
Synonyms
useless
valueless
Easily confused
useless
“The old manual was completely useless when the software updated.”
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