uselessly

Examples

• All

• Yet even snakes, if only wounded, felt pain and suffered uselessly for hours.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He's doing a study, saying that all that kelp, instead of uselessly decaying, could be harvested and put to use.

  Fiction book (1995)

• l cannot see you throw your life away uselessly.

  Falling from Grace (1992)

• We've used up our strength uselessly.

  The Purple Plain (1954)

• The earth pulled in and went so dry that water poured on it ran away uselessly.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The mountain dogs with their sharp teeth gnaw uselessly at pieces of bone.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Staring uselessly into space?

  Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930)

• "In other words," Agnes said, "a trashcan that rolls back and forth, endlessly and uselessly."

  Fiction book (2002)

• The effort undulated uselessly down to his lower limbs, awakening dormant nerve endings.

  Fiction book (2000)

• He tried to fix the old car, but he worked on it uselessly as it was beyond repair.

Synonyms

V

vainly

vsuselessly

5 5.5

In a way that does not succeed

emphasizes absence of useful result rather than meaning or value

P

pointlessly

vsuselessly

4 4.3

In a way that has no purpose or use

focuses on lack of result rather than lack of purpose

F

futilely

vsuselessly

3 7.4

In a way that does not make a difference

is doing something without producing useful effect

I

ineffectively

vsuselessly

2 4.0

In a way that does not get the result you want

focuses on lack of useful outcome rather than effort

F

fruitlessly

vsuselessly

2 6.0

In a way that does not succeed

describes action that fails to produce useful outcome

I

ineffectually

vsuselessly

1 6.3

In a way that does not get the result you want

refers to doing something that does not work usefully

U

unhelpfully

vsuselessly

1 3.5

In a way that does not make things better or easier

speaks of producing no useful effect rather than not helping

U

unproductively

vsuselessly

1 6.7

In a way that fails to get useful results

is broader, stressing uselessness rather than just low productivity

W

worthlessly

vsuselessly

1 6.5

In a way that has no value or use

focuses on usefulness of outcome rather than on value judgment

U

unavailingly

vsuselessly

1 8.0

Without success when someone tries to do something

highlights lack of useful result rather than effort quality

Antonyms

E

effectively

249 3.6

In a way that gets the result you want

U

usefully

6 1.1

In a way that helps reach a goal

How Useful

vitally

21 3.9

beneficially

1 4.1

helpfully

9 1.0

usefully

6 1.1

ineffectively

2 4.0

uselessly

4 3.5

pointlessly

4 4.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology