"not worth the paper it is printed on" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} not worth the paper it is printed on
  1. Of a document, paper currency, etc.: of no value whatsoever.
    Sense id: en-not_worth_the_paper_it_is_printed_on-en-phrase-U7~VRk3p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for not worth the paper it is printed on meaning in English (0.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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