Worthless and Wanting

Worthless

Worthless adjective - Having no usefulness.

Wanting and worthless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanting" instead an adjective "Worthless".

Nearby Words: worthy, worth, worthlessly

Wanting

Wanting adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: we tried her cooking and found it to be very wanting

Worthless and wanting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Worthless" instead an adjective "Wanting".

Nearby Words: want, wanted
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