not worth a whistle en · ADJ
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Worthless or pointless.
This greatly irritated Mr Hooke and he muttered that Mr Wylde is not worth a whistle'.
2015, Ruth Scurr, John Aubrey: My Own Life, →ISBN, page 257:This, of course, is ridiculous, as most people can plainly see, but you'd be surprised at how often otherwise intelligent individuals fail to distinguish between what's worth fighting over and what's not worth a whistle.
2011, Jennifer Lawler, Martial Arts For Dummies, →ISBN:“The life of a Negro in Mississippi is not worth a whistle,” one of the European newspapers reported.
2010, Yuvraj Ramsaroop, Realizing the American Dream, →ISBN:We are a set of worthless fellows not worth a whistle.
1848, Blanchard Jerrold, The disgrace to the family: A story of social distinctions, page 92:
Synonyms
two-bit · sorry-ass · crapalicious · goodless · nought · shand · chaffy · garbagey · tenth-rate · cacky · triobolar · not worth a curse · duffing · blown · junky · valueless · rubbishy · draffish · unappreciated · naughty · scabbed · not worth a Continental · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · sixpenny · no good / no-good · bastardly · ineffectual · jabberwocky · toshy · dreckish · unvaluable · vain · pissass · not worth a dime · cullionly · not worth a farthing · not worth a brass farthing · mucid · not worth a plug nickel · cocking · not worth a cent · trinkety · rubbishly · shitstained · strawlike · not worth salt · not worth hell room · no-account · tripy · worth nothing · draffy · not worth a damn · shitty-ass · not worth a penny · invaluable · mouldy · punk · good-for-naught · wutless · not worth a whistle · fucking · screwy · not worth a nickel · not worth a cress · nonvaluable · good-for-nothing · putid · cruddy · for the birds · of no value · scummy · drecky · shitey · worthless · suckworthy · shit