worthlessness

worth·less  (wûrthls)

adj.

1. Lacking worth; of no use or value.

2. Low; despicable.

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worthless·ly adv.

worthless·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	worthlessness - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" ineptitude quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare fecklessness - worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual groundlessness, idleness - the quality of lacking substance or value; "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized" paltriness, sorriness - worthlessness due to insignificance valuelessness - having none of the properties that endow something with value shoddiness, trashiness - the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better damn, darn, red cent, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, hoot, shit - something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" vanity, emptiness - the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" worth - the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
	2.	worthlessness - the quality of being without practical use inutility, unusefulness, uselessness - the quality of having no practical use