worthless

[Eng. worth; -le .] 1. Having or being of no worth or value; value le . "This frail and worthle trunk." Shakesp.: Henry V., iii. 6. 2. Having no value of character or virtue; having no dignity or excellence; mean; contemptible. "The most worthle persons on whom he has conferred great benefits." -Macaulay; Hist. Eng., ch. xx. 3. Having no merit or desert. "Ye, then, my works, no longer vain, And worthle deemed by me!" Cowper: Ode to Mr. John Rouse. *4. Futile, vain, idle. "How I scorn his worthle threats." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . III ., i. 1. 5. Unworthy; not deserving. "A peevish schoolboy, worthle of such honor." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, v. 1. wõrth-le -ly, adv . [Eng. worthle ; -ly .] In a worthle manner.