noun
1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
• Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑clumsiness, ↑ineptness, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑slowness), ↑maladroit (for: ↑maladroitness), ↑inept (for: ↑ineptness), ↑clumsy (for: ↑clumsiness), ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)
• Hypernyms: ↑unskillfulness
• Hyponyms: ↑rustiness
2. having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
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the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
• Syn: ↑worthlessness
• Ant: ↑worth (for: ↑worthlessness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑worthless (for: ↑worthlessness)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms:
↑fecklessness, ↑groundlessness, ↑idleness, ↑paltriness, ↑sorriness, ↑valuelessness, ↑shoddiness, ↑trashiness, ↑damn, ↑darn, ↑hoot, ↑red cent, ↑shit, ↑shucks, ↑tinker's damn, ↑tinker's dam, ↑vanity, ↑emptiness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.