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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Sufficiently valuable or important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest.

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  • adjective Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

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  • adjective sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest

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worth +‎ while

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