no use
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2.5
- idiom
- /noʊ juːs/
:
inútil
- There's really no use arguing with her; she has already made up her mind.
- no use trying
- little or no use
If like, I got no use for people like Kanye.
- If like, I got no use for people like Kanye.
- They did CPR and it was of no use.
- If your buyer still wants the house, there's no use in doing that.
- Well, real fulfillment and self worth is of no use to that economy.
- I know I can be of no use to you, yet I think I should go with you.
- But as on its own, if you don't change your diet, it's of no use.
- So like Doge has no use case apart from memes, memetics, but it has a bunch of users.
- You might think that randomness is of no use for, say, finding the value of π, because there's nothing random about that.
Examples
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The powers that be have no use for their mediation offers.
Academic text (2002) -
"If the problem can be solved, there is no use worrying about it.
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I know I can be of no use to you, yet I think I should go with you.
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I have no use for it.
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His school is of no use in that regard.
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There's no use in looking back, going back.
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I was young and alive, and I had no use for funerals.
Fiction book (1991) -
My parents were wonderful human beings, but they had no use for psychiatry.
Fiction book (1992) -
But it's no use.
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It's no use, Roberto.
Synonyms
550
1.0
Not able to do the job it is made for
298
3.0
Has no value or use
226
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
175
2.8
A situation in which doing something will not help
157
3.5
Not doing anything useful
88
5.6
Bad or worthless and often causing trouble
84
6.0
Not likely to work or help
21
3.8
Not giving useful or wanted results
5
3.6
Not worth anything or useful
4
5.3
Not done for any clear reason or useful result
2
6.8
Not useful or worth much
2
4.5
Not giving useful results or helping to finish work, like a meeting
1
7.6
You say something is not worth doing because it will not help
1
5.0
Not working or useful for any purpose
Not helpful and not wanted in any situation
Completely useless in real situations
Not useful and having little value
Antonyms
How Useful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a direct composition of 'no' (negation) + 'use' (usefulness), so its meaning 'no usefulness / pointless' is transparently derivable from the constituents. This negation-of-noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows a simple semantic logic that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer.
Etymology
No use: The phrase no use comes from the simple image of a tool that has no use, a broken thing that cannot help you. So when we say something is 'no use', we mean it will not help or is pointless.