a dime a dozen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
With literal origins; now usually in the figuratively extended sense.
Meanings
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(Australia, US, idiomatic) So common as to be practically or almost worthless.
Near-synonyms: not worth a dime; see also Thesaurus:worthless
People with your skills are a dime a dozen these days.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, dime, a, dozen: sold at twelve (12) units per dime (10¢).
Relateds
buyer's market · five-and-dime · dime store · dime-a-dozen
Synonyms
bastardly · worth nothing · shitey · frequent · pedestrian · bog-standard · cullionly · drecky · not worth a brass farthing · unappreciated · ten a penny · common as bums · wutless · jabberwocky · not worth a cent · of no value · ineffectual · basic · workaday · nonrare · strawlike · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · habitual · general · routinary · shit · trinkety · crapalicious · not worth hell room · punk · chaffy · valueless · putid · plain · tenth-rate · not worth a nickel · not worth a dime · vain · invaluable · suckworthy · not worth a penny · not worth salt · regular · not worth a curse · tripy · shitty-ass · common as pig tracks · pissass · garbagey · sixpenny · not worth a Continental · not worth a cress · for the birds · common · not worth a damn · quotidian · common as muck · usual · good-for-naught · unvaluable · sorry-ass · two a penny · shitstained · shand · rubbishy · routine · no good / no-good · screwy · scummy · no-account · goodless · common as dirt · not worth a whistle · duffing · draffy · everyday · mouldy · cacky · mucid · cruddy · naughty · toshy · ten a penny · nonvaluable · not worth a plug nickel · worthless · fucking · triobolar · par for the course · dime a dozen · good-for-nothing · nought · dreckish · junky · average · not worth a farthing · not worth a dime · two-bit · scabbed · draffish · rubbishly · blown · cocking
Translations (22)
kmr ne hêja ye pênc qirûşan (so common as to be practically worthless) · ru как соба́к нере́занных (so common as to be practically worthless) · ru двена́дцать на дю́жину (so common as to be practically worthless) · de zuhauf (so common as to be practically worthless) · de nachgeworfen (so common as to be practically worthless) · es adocenado (so common as to be practically worthless) · fi (mahtua) kolmetoista tusinaan (so common as to be practically worthless) · nl dertien in een dozijn (so common as to be practically worthless) · it a dozzine (so common as to be practically worthless) · de wie Sand am Meer (so common as to be practically worthless) · fr à la pelle (so common as to be practically worthless) · hi मिट्टी के मोल (so common as to be practically worthless) · de hinterhergeworfen (so common as to be practically worthless) · hi कौड़ियों के भाव (so common as to be practically worthless) · it a iosa (so common as to be practically worthless) · de nachgeschmissen (so common as to be practically worthless) · de mehr als genug (so common as to be practically worthless) · de massenhaft (so common as to be practically worthless) · de en masse (so common as to be practically worthless) · th มากจนเป็นของธรรมดา (so common as to be practically worthless) · sv tretton på dussinet (so common as to be practically worthless) · de haufenweise (so common as to be practically worthless)