Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Sufficiently valuable or important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest.
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- adjective Good and
important enough tospend time,effort , ormoney on.
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- adjective sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Now, that's what I call a worthwhile experiment."
The Dig Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1995
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A clever man persists through difficulties in the knowledge that nothing worthwhile is ever accomplished without effort.
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Anything worthwhile is also hard won, I think, and true value comes at the cost of profound investment, of time, energy, thought, heart.
Spirituality and Suffering « Tales from the Reading Room 2009
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But without pride and arrogance, nothing worthwhile is ever done.
Genius in a Bottle Hal Duncan 2009
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Despite the fact that the Hiltons are well-known for their vapidness, they do occasionally step up and participate in worthwhile activities like this from time to time.
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Krugman seems to think the conventional wisdom that prediction markets are worthwhile is bearing out to be false:
Krugman on Prediction Markets xtra 2008
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It makes me feel proud to see some of our Twilighters getting involved in worthwhile projects for the benefit of others.
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But in the top 5 of the list of things that make this whole motherhood gig worthwhile is the blossoming of my daughter's father's feminism.
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But in the top 5 of the list of things that make this whole motherhood gig worthwhile is the blossoming of my daughter's father's feminism.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Krugman seems to think the conventional wisdom that prediction markets are worthwhile is bearing out to be false:
Archive 2008-01-01 xtra 2008
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