worthless Copy link Outline 1. ĭnūtĭlis, e (useless)2. vīlis, e (paltry)3. lĕvis, e (of no weight or worth)4. ĭnānis, e (containing nothing of value, unmeaning)5. mĭser (contemptuously)6. nēquam, indecl. (mostly of moral worthlessness) • worthless: 1. ĭnūtĭlis, e (useless): a helpless and w. man, homo iners atque inutilis, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31. 2. vīlis, e (paltry): nothing is so w. or common, nihil est tam vile neque tam vulgare, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71. 3. lĕvis, e (of no weight or worth): w. and venal judges, leves ac numarii judices, Cic. Clu. 28, 75. 4. ĭnānis, e (containing nothing of value, unmeaning): to be pleased with w. things, as glory, delectari inanibus rebus, ut gloria, Cic. Am. 14, 49: our w. contentions, inanes nostrae contentiones, id. de Or. 3, 2, 7. 5. mĭser (contemptuously): abandoned and w. man, homo perditus miserque, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 28. 6. nēquam, indecl. (mostly of moral worthlessness): w. and wicked freedmen, liberti nequam et improbi, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 130: fish is w. unless fresh, piscis nequam est nisi recens, Pl. Asin. 1, 3, 26: v. bad.