Word: valuelessness
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...book, meaning "in the manner of" -or something akin to copycat. Renaissance enthusiasts use it to describe the painters who, in the century from 1520 to 1,620, tried to ape the much-admired manner of Michelangelo and Raphael, but, in missing the essence, turned out clumsy, valueless paintings. But art critics are now making an abrupt about-face. The long-despised Mannerists have at last been rescued from the dustbin and brushed off, to become Europe's latest vogue...
According to the suit, Puente discussed plans for his books with Griswold in 1950. Later, Puente asserted, the Law School announced that it would put out similar tax pamphlets on 30 foreign countries, thus damaging the sale of his books and rendering his unpublished manuscripts "practically valueless...
Recognition alone would certainly be valueless; only as a bargaining point in general negotiations would it bring any real advantage to the U.S. Once Red China is accepted diplomatically. America can get on with the job of building a Far Eastern policy that is bold and realistic...
...considered papers of small interest and of less importance toward understanding the courses. Beyond this, it rests on the assumption that essays can be as worthwhile as many instructors claim. There is no refuting the statistic's importance; if papers do not help students understand a course, they are valueless. But it is clear that essays afford opportunities for thorough research and original thought, and that their failure indicates poor administration. If papers are assigned thick and fast, and if their topics do not require more than a regurgitation of facts, they are bound to be inconsequential. The Council Report...
...director told me to go to this student's home in Dedham and see if he had any more," Shea recalls. "I found that he had 1800 books, most of them stuffed into dirty, old barrels and wastebaskets. Most of them were so mutilated that they were valueless. The student was absolutely crazy and got two and a half years at hard labor...