not worth a dime en · ADJ
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic, not-comparable) Worthless or nearly so: lacking in value.
Near-synonyms: a dime a dozen, dime-a-dozen, ten a penny
His opinions aren't worth a dime.
Eight of the nine who got damages were not worth a dime, and all but six of those who failed to sustain their suits were worthless.
1878, New York Times:This vase is not worth a dime. Why did you pay so much for it?
It is extremely vital, because without demonstrating performance and excellence, all the philosophies and reasoning discussed and embedded in the previous two phases are not worth a dime and will look hollow.
2011, Baldev Seekri, Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch, page 211:
- (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, worth, a, dime: worth less than ten cents, at any value down to and including zero (nothing).
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Synonyms
strawlike · drecky · not worth a curse · bastardly · not worth salt · vain · no good / no-good · cocking · not worth a brass farthing · trinkety · ten a penny · tenth-rate · sixpenny · dreckish · blown · mucid · junky · good-for-nothing · garbagey · cruddy · rubbishy · sorry-ass · not worth a damn · not worth a cent · scabbed · duffing · ineffectual · shit · goodless · triobolar · not worth a whistle · invaluable · punk · shitstained · for the birds · unvaluable · draffy · nought · shitty-ass · worth nothing · good-for-naught · screwy · nonvaluable · fucking · valueless · shand · jabberwocky · pissass · a dime a dozen · scummy · wutless · two-bit · not worth a nickel · tripy · chaffy · unappreciated · not worth a farthing · rubbishly · no-account · not worth a penny · not worth hell room · not worth a cress · draffish · not worth a Continental · shitey · naughty · not worth a plug nickel · dime-a-dozen · putid · not worth a dime · mouldy · suckworthy · worthless · of no value · cacky · toshy · cullionly · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · crapalicious