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worthwhile [ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl] adj
sufficiently important, rewarding, or valuable to justify time or effort spent ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
worthwhile adjective useful, good, valuable, helpful, worthy, profitable, productive, beneficial, meaningful, constructive, justifiable, expedient, gainful The study did not produce any worthwhile results. useless, vain, trivial, pointless, worthless, unimportant, wasteful, unworthy, inconsequential, valueless Translations worthwhile [ˈwɜːθˈwaɪl] ADJ [activity, enterprise, job] → que vale la pena; [cause] → loable a worthwhile film → una película seria or que merece atención it makes it all worthwhile → le da sentido a todo to be worthwhile (= worthy) → valer or merecer la pena it would be worthwhile seeing or to see him → convendría verlo I had nothing worthwhile to say → no tenía nada interesante que decir see also while A2 worthwhile [ˌwɜːrθˈhwaɪl] adj [activity, exercise] → salutaire; [cause, project] → louable; [book] → qui vaut la peine d'être lu; [investment, job] → profitable A visit to London will always be worthwhile → Un séjour à Londres sera toujours profitable. a worthwhile project → un projet louable it is worthwhile to do sth → cela vaut la peine de faire qch It might be worthwhile to write to them → Cela pourrait valoir la peine de leur écrire. worthwhile adj → lohnend attr; to be worthwhile → sich lohnen; (= worth the trouble also) → der Mühe (gen) → wert sein; it’s a thoroughly worthwhile film/book → es lohnt sich wirklich, den Film zu sehen/das Buch zu lesen; it’s hardly worthwhile (asking him) → es lohnt sich wohl kaum(, ihn zu fragen) ? also while N c worthwhile [ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl] adj (gen) → che vale la pena; (book, film) → che merita; (life, work, activity) → utile; (contribution) → valido/a; (cause) → lodevole a worthwhile trip → un viaggio che vale la pena di fare a worthwhile book → un libro che vale la pena leggere worthwhile [ˌwɜːθˈwaɪl] adj (gen) → che vale la pena; (book, film) → che merita; (life, work, activity) → utile; (contribution) → valido/a; (cause) → lodevole a worthwhile trip → un viaggio che vale la pena di fare a worthwhile book → un libro che vale la pena leggere How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Had I not known the whole chain of events, or had she not seen how much I was pained and disturbed by her teasing insistency, she would never have thought it worthwhile to soothe me with this frankness--even though, since she not infrequently used me to execute commissions that were not only troublesome, but risky, she ought, in my opinion, to have been frank in ANY case. There was, for instance, a Lithuanian who was a cattle butcher for the plant where Marija had worked, which killed meat for canning only; and to hear this man describe the animals which came to his place would have been worthwhile for a Dante or a Zola. The others could not see how deep he had gone, so it might be worthwhile to try and rescue him. |
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