valueless

Example Sentences

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The thing I love about poetry is its uselessness, the way it is, with a few exceptions, superfluous to capital, difficult to commodify, gratuitous in its insistence on avowing that which has been marked valueless.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

The prosecution estimated the pigs were worth $42.20 each, but since they were likely suffering from infections, the company would likely have discarded them, which would have rendered them valueless, certain jurors said post-trial.

From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2023

This is the only difference between these two worlds, and most TESCREALists would argue that the second world is utterly valueless.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023

It does not seize any property, nor does it render any property valueless, or even less valuable.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2021

True, it was valueless stuff even to a clue-hungry detective.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote