Important
Important adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Usage example: the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine
Worthless
Worthless adjective - Lacking in usefulness or value.
Usage example: a worthless idler
Both words in one sentence
- It doesn't have to be a map, letter, or MacGuffin; it can be any important clue that's divided in pieces and worthless if not whole.
Source: Two Halves Make a Plot - The subversion is that there is no spider goddess, just a statue, and the sword, while not worthless, is not all that important in stopping the threat posed by the spider priests.
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Worthless Yellow Rocks: When the one of the men comments that the whole planet must have lots of gold deposits Talleah doesn't understand why gold is important.
Source: Film / Queen of Outer Space
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