The phrase "are less worthwhile than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare the value or importance of two things, indicating that one is not as valuable as the other.
Example: "Many believe that traditional methods are less worthwhile than modern technology in today's fast-paced world."
Alternatives: "are not as valuable as" or "are of lesser value than".
True, it seems that giving £5 towards research that may or may not save lives at some unspecified point in the future is less worthwhile than giving £5 that will provide life-saving treatment tomorrow; but it cannot be the case that a guaranteed and necessary rescue tomorrow outweighs a guaranteed and necessary rescue in two days' time, merely because the latter is further in the future.
There's no evidence to show that degrees are going to be less worthwhile.
But artists who are backed by these intermediaries are seen as less "worthwhile" than their independent counterparts – after all, the proposition is "support an artist," not "support a giant company that takes most of the money and gives some of it to an artist" (no matter how much the artist may value that arrangement and believe it to be a fair one).
Tearing a house down seems less worthwhile because most are less than 10 years old.
In general, Minerva students are prepared for the "creative classes" (law, politics, business, entrepreneurship, science, journalism, etc).. Minerva training is not particularly advantageous (though no less worthwhile than a traditional education) for "practice classes" (dentists, veterinarians, tax accountants, book-keepers, etc).. Watch highlights from my video interview with Ben Nelson.
When clinicians are discussing end of life treatment options with caregivers[ 13], they should be aware that caregivers may rate the life of the patient as less worthwhile than the patient themselves.
Nothing is more local than real estate and so the first-time tax credit was an intelligent, targeted, rational response to a very difficult problem, certainly no less worthwhile than giving money to Wall Street banks and brokerages.
