noun
- Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
- synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness
- Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful.
- usage: "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
- synonyms: worthlessness
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