Sentence examples of "worthless" in English

<>
Confessions obtained by torture are generally worthless. Les confessions obtenues par la torture sont en général sans valeur.
Most souvenir shops are filled with worthless knick-knacks. La plupart des magasins de souvenirs sont emplis de colifichets sans valeur.
The investment firm tricked customers into buying worthless stock. La société d'investissements a dupé des clients en leur faisant acheter des actions sans valeur.
The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk. Les choses anciennes que mon père a laissées quand il est mort se révélèrent n'être qu'un bric-à-brac sans valeur.
The frost rendered the orange crop worthless. Le froid a anéanti la récolte d'oranges.
Not being useful to anyone is simply being worthless. C'est proprement ne valoir rien que de n'être utile à personne.
The more worthless the plant, the more rapid and splendid is its growth. Moins une plante a de valeur, plus rapide et splendide est sa croissance.
In real life kings are powerful, but in chess they're pretty much worthless. Dans la vie réelle, les rois sont puissants, mais aux échecs, ils sont à peu près inutiles.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.