worth

[see also: merit, warrant, worthy]

It is an idea worth carrying out. [Not: “worth while carrying out”]

It is also clear that there are extensions to the case of ......, but they do not seem to be worth the effort of formulating them separately.

Before going to the proof, it is worth noting that ......

It is worth making a link with Theorem 1.

It may be worth reminding the reader that ......



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