A result was a tax liability of several million dollars for an investment that proved worthless.

Corelli from there, saying the cheque had proved worthless after all.

Now I'm just worrying that what we've got may prove worthless to him, that's all.

Much of the stock, though, proved worthless near the end of the year.

But that too ultimately proved worthless when Continental filed for bankruptcy.

What he thought was gold discovered on his journey was later proven worthless.

Some that were expensive, and so hard to get that people had to put themselves on waiting lists two years ago, have been proven worthless.

But it didn't work, and stock in the company proved worthless.

That may be Moscow's hope since its own alliance proved worthless.

Their complex financial instruments spreading the risk of mortgages have proved almost worthless.