💔 Worthlessness 😔 Regret or pity

sorriness

9.5

A state of being not important or worth little

noun
/ˈsɔrɪnəs/

Literature

: insignificancia

I am conscious of the humiliating sorriness of my earthly tabernacle, and the sad fact that the best of parents could do no better for me.

Examples

He felt a deep sense of sorriness for not being able to help those in need.
It would be easy for a "normal" person to dismiss the homeless as victims of their own sorriness and unwillingness to work when the fact is that many receive disability checks but cannot find affordable housing, and others work part-time but can't generate enough income to pay rent in today's market.

Blog text (1)
The committee discussed the project's sorriness before deciding to scrap it altogether.
Many regarded his comments as evidence of his sorriness in the debate, highlighting their insignificance.

Synonyms

insignificance

vssorriness

7 5.8

A state of not being important or having little effect

is more about lacking value entirely rather than just low importance

worthlessness

vssorriness

3 6.3

A feeling that you have no value or importance

focuses on being unimportant or small rather than total lack of value

unimportance

vssorriness

1 4.6

A situation or thing that is not worth much attention

stresses lack of value or worth beyond mere low importance

paltriness

vssorriness

1 9.0

A small, unimportant thing or amount that seems unfair and of little value

is broader and centers on overall lack of value or importance

nonsignificance

vssorriness

7.7

A state of being unimportant with no real effect

stresses complete absence of value as well as low consequence

negligibility

vssorriness

8.6

So small or unimportant that it does not matter

covers both smallness and a total lack of value or importance

slightness

vssorriness

6.6

A small matter that people think is unimportant and easy to ignore

expresses broader lack of value rather than just being minor

insubstantiality

vssorriness

9.2

A lack of being real, strong, or convincing

focuses on lack of importance or value rather than physical substance

How Important

importance

663 1.0

significance

194 3.8

sorriness

Literature

9.5

triviality

6 5.4

Surface Forms

sorriness singular

sorrinesses plural

Morphology

sorriness = sorry (semi-transparent) = sorry + ness

The adjective 'sorry' can mean 'pitiful' or 'poor in quality' as well as 'regretful', so deriving a sense of worthlessness requires a secondary meaning that may not be primary for learners.

Etymology

Sorriness comes from sorry, which long ago could mean 'poor' or 'pitiful', as when we call something a 'sorry excuse' meaning low quality. So sorriness can mean the state of being small, weak, or not important.