valueless

Example Sentences

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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

Contestants are judged for their originality, quality of execution and strength of concept — a set of criteria so universal that it’s essentially valueless.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023

The absence of a human hand — made glaring and discomforting through the tiniest lapses of approximated intuition — can render the listening experience a valueless exchange, the music a bunk currency.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

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

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote