useless
550
1.0
- adjective
- /ˈjuːsləs/
:
inútil
- The broken printer is useless and needs to be repaired.
- useless information
- feel useless
- render useless
And the other half are not just useless, they're beyond useless.
- And the other half are not just useless, they're beyond useless.
- Why would I want to carry around useless weights with me?
- Japan is the world leader of useless inventions.
- All of that worry is useless thinking.
- We have learned a very painful lesson with how useless sanctions sanctions are again.
- It's going to be about as useless as Doc Ock's creation, and that's OK.
- Ketamine headed, I fear for a most useless place, the waiting place.
- Without the world, the shadows are useless, the light space without walls.
- Sometimes I slack, some days I'm pretty useless, other days I work really hard.
Examples
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It's useless and hopeless, I suppose.
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Our weapons seemed useless against him.
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The doctor here is useless.
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Why would I want to carry around useless weights with me?
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Is it not possible for you and me to make poems out of completely useless information?
Academic text (2015) -
I was haunted by the thought of how useless it had been to create something.
Fiction book (1990) -
However, without water, the land was useless, so they requested water rights and they were granted.
Academic text (2008) -
It's low grade, it's useless and it won't work.
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A scientific theory, even if it's elegant, is useless if it's false.
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Sometimes I slack, some days I'm pretty useless, other days I work really hard.
Synonyms
298
3.0
Has no value or use
226
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
157
3.5
Not doing anything useful
133
2.5
An action that will not help
90
3.4
Not working well enough to give the wanted result
88
5.6
Bad or worthless and often causing trouble
84
6.0
Not likely to work or help
38
5.3
Not sensible or likely to work in real life
22
7.0
More than what is needed or useful
21
3.8
Not giving useful or wanted results
17
3.0
Not giving useful help or advice
16
2.3
Damaged or broken so it does not work
7
2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
4
3.9
An activity that uses your time but does not help you
4
5.3
Not done for any clear reason or useful result
3
2.9
An action that uses effort but achieves nothing useful
3
4.4
Not working or broken
2
6.8
Not useful or worth much
2
4.5
Not giving useful results or helping to finish work, like a meeting
1
5.0
Not working or useful for any purpose
1
4.3
A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit
1
9.9
Something that has no real purpose or value
Not useful for everyday tasks
Not useful and having little value
Not able to do what is needed
Not done with a clear aim or useful reason
Not helpful and not wanted in any situation
Completely without help for any task
Completely useless in real situations
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Etymology
Useless comes from the simple word use ('to use') and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So something useless is literally 'without use' and cannot do what it should or help you.