Sentence examples for previously worthless from inspiring English sources

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His judgment can also transform a previously worthless object into something worth tens of millions of dollars.

Land disputes have erupted all over the country, as new economic opportunities make previously worthless land valuable again.

Instead of killing Hollywood, TV created a huge demand for filmed entertainment and made previously worthless film libraries immensely valuable.

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In other words, worthless.

The tremendous popularity of auction sites on the Internet has opened a window on a world in which thousands of people are willing to bid for objects that even some of the sellers previously thought were worthless.

By drilling in the scrubland and vacant lots in and around the city of Fort Worth, American energy companies have demonstrated that they can produce natural gas economically from shale — a form of sedimentary rock previously considered all but worthless.

"Previously people tended to think that garbage is worthless and healthcare is expensive, but now they see that garbage can be valuable and healthcare isn't necessarily so expensive after all," says Albinsaid, who qualified as a doctor earlier this year.

Lehman employees were previously paid with large amounts of stock, now almost worthless.

This was to replace the shares in Glitnir, Landsbanki and Kaupthing which had been pledged as collateral previously and which were now of much lower value, if not worthless.

The bad bank, previously deemed unnecessary, is the future home to the empty new apartment blocks, half-built housing estates and sometimes worthless building land that dot the Spanish landscape and clog the arteries of many an ailing bank.

Absolutely worthless.

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