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worthwhile

Word definitions for worthwhile in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1660s, worth while (one-word form from late 19c.), from worth (adj.) + while (n.). Phrase worth the while is attested from late 14c.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ The general message was not to look back at past crimes but forward to a more worthwhile place in society. ▪ Catalogues and directories are often difficult to trace and it may be more worthwhile to find ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
worthwhile \worthwhile\, adj. Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. [1913 Webster] worthy. -- worthwhileness. -->

Usage examples of worthwhile.

It is a worthwhile thing to do, for it conveys a level of understanding of one another that makes hate almost impossible.

Zendts a worthwhile proposition, they would have been willing to keep their horses ashore, unload the Conestoga, and let Captain Frake have their passage money.

This is my only concern at this time, Nightwalker, for the acolytes should be sworn as soon as possible-a god deserves worshipers, rituals, all the little things that make being a deity worthwhile.

Some asteroids were pure granite or basalt, chunks of mountains in orbit around each other, while others held traces of something worthwhile.

Now, if you think it worthwhile, I should like to spend the afternoon visiting the crofters and making out a list of repairs for the castle.

In this section, however, we will focus on increasing our drive to achieve our more worthwhile goals, as discussed in chapter 3.

A few matchups were established, but there was much that remained hazy, too fouled by unknowns to produce worthwhile data.

A young Chinese collector, Hsu She-hua, who was not long ago described in newspaper reports as a fanatic, said that even though he had been hauled into court seven times for possessing illegal wild orchids he considered it worthwhile.

By this time, they had all become accustomed to using the outhouses, and the thought of the labor involved to make the toilets work again by means of pipes and tanks and hand-pumping seemed more than was worthwhile.

Essentially it was a summary of reports on Hubwide rumors that nobody could claim any worthwhile progress in determining what made the Old Galactic plasmoids tick.

But though they would still take centuries for worthwhile interstellar voyages, ion engines are available now and could well be used to power automatic reconnaissance probes to alien planets.

Whether a few grand and ambitious scientific projects are a better investment than a larger number of small programmes is a worthwhile question.

I am unjustly enjoying the honors and rewards that should rightly go to men whose deeds are and have been more worthwhile than have been those of the red-handed professional killer I am become.

Too poor to belong to a Class, the urban Head Count usually belonged to an urban tribe, and therefore owned no worthwhile tribal votes either.

Where land bombards and fortifications could be brought into play, as Alexius could manage in the Bosporus, it might be worthwhile.