worthwhile

Infinitive complement

• contribute: I have nothing to learn from you; you have nothing worthwhile to contribute.
• pursue: Yet they still saw it worthwhile to pursue the ghost within that machine.

Modifying Another Word

• intrinsically: These activities are intrinsically worthwhile, and are distinct from those driven by necessity.
• eminently: The Campaign Group believes that the cause is eminently worthwhile: helping the College which helped us all.
• extremely: I've always believed such visits to be extremely worthwhile.
• financially: These schemes tend to be financially worthwhile only if the institution employs over 60 people.
• definitely: As with all the best presents the wait was definitely worthwhile.
• economically: At some point, it will be economically worthwhile to build new, coal-fired generators.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• do: Would you like to enhance your CV & do something worthwhile at the same time?
• make: Back to top of Page Hungry Elephant - making shopping worthwhile Like to shop on-line?
• contribute: Truly a nation of " borrowers " in more ways than one, but did they ever contribute anything really worthwhile?

Modifies a noun

• checking: With a combination of impressive discounts it is worthwhile checking out a quote form them.
• endeavor: With time, however, the advisor acknowledged that science writing is a worthwhile endeavor.
• investing: When it comes to a quality product where price is not the only factor, it is certainly worthwhile investing in the UK.
• sighting: Portland Harbor was conspicuously unproductive, with 3 Eider and 2 Common Scoter the only worthwhile sightings.
• cause: Can you think of a more worthwhile cause at the moment?
• pursuit: Watch for the chance to channel your talents into worthwhile pursuits.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: It therefore seemed worthwhile to carry out similar tests with a larger number of subjects.
• prove: A few minutes on the site could prove well worthwhile.
• deem: However, for some applications the text thesaurus may already exist or the the time investment may be deemed worthwhile.