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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "沒有價值"
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"roman": "méiyǒu jiàzhí",
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"word": "没有价值"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "უვარგისობა"
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"roman": "gamousadegroba",
"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "გამოუსადეგრობა"
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"word": "უფასურობა"
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"word": "دكرسزلك"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "沒有價值"
},
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"code": "zh",
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"roman": "méiyǒu jiàzhí",
"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "没有价值"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "無價值"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "无价值"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "arvottomuus"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uvargisoba",
"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "უვარგისობა"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamousadegroba",
"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "გამოუსადეგრობა"
},
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"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "უფასურობა"
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"word": "inane"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
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"word": "nēquitia"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"tags": [
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"word": "vilitas"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "neufeeuid"
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"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "değersizlik",
"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "دكرسزلك"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
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"word": "bezwartościowość"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
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"word": "inutilidade"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "değersizlik"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "kıymetsizlik"
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"sense": "quality of lacking worth",
"word": "naçizlik"
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"word": "worthlessness"
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