valueless

/ˈvæljuːləs/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈæljuləs] /ˈvæljuːləs/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈæljuləs] /ˈvalyülə̇s How to pronounce valueless (audio) -yəl-/ (ame, mw)

valueless — adjective

  • valuelesspositive
  • more valuelesscomparative
  • most valuelesssuperlative

1. having no price that anyone would pay, especially because an object, share, or d

1.形容詞C1
釋義

having no price that anyone would pay, especially because an object, share, or document has lost all sale worth

例句

After the flood, the soaked paper bonds were legally valueless.

formal finance use: legally valueless

The museum refused Nadia's coin because the crack made it valueless.

pattern: make + object + valueless

同義詞
  • worthless

    more common and more emotional; used for physical objects as well as judgments

  • unsaleable

    focuses on being impossible to sell, even if the item still has some use

反義詞

文法句型

be + valueless

valueless + noun

make/render + noun + valueless

用法筆記

Common in legal, financial, and collecting contexts when an item, claim, or document no longer has sale value. It is more formal and less emotional than 'worthless'.

常見錯誤

❌The damaged shares were priceless after the fraud report.
✅The damaged shares were valueless after the fraud report.
💡'priceless' means extremely valuable, not worth nothing.
❌The fake ticket was useless on the resale market.
✅The fake ticket was valueless on the resale market.
💡When the point is lost sale worth, 'valueless' is more exact than 'useless'.

2. bringing no useful help or serious benefit in a situation, so that it is not wor

2.形容詞C1
釋義

bringing no useful help or serious benefit in a situation, so that it is not worth relying on or keeping

例句

Without the missing dates, the witness statement was valueless to the police.

pattern: valueless to + person/group

The report becomes valueless if the figures are copied from last year.

condition showing loss of practical value

同義詞
  • useless

    more common in everyday English and less formal

  • unhelpful

    milder; suggests limited help rather than none at all

  • irrelevant

    focuses on not relating to the point being discussed, rather than lacking benefit

反義詞
  • useful

    giving practical help or benefit

  • valuable

    important or helpful enough to keep and use

文法句型

be + valueless

be + valueless + to + person/group

valueless + noun

用法筆記

Often used in formal judgments of evidence, data, comments, or advice rather than in everyday speech. It suggests that something offers no practical help for making a decision or solving a problem.

常見錯誤

❌The witness statement was valueless for the police.
✅The witness statement was valueless to the police.
💡Use 'to' for the people who cannot make use of it.
❌The comments were valueless, so we used them to improve the plan.
✅The comments were unhelpful, but we still used some ideas to improve the plan.
💡If something still helps, it is not truly 'valueless'.