uselessness
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈjuːsləsnəs/
- She often battled with feelings of uselessness when she couldn't contribute to the team's success.
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Watch on YouTubeIt would be so easy for me to just sit here and continue vomiting this, this uselessness from my mouth.
- It would be so easy for me to just sit here and continue vomiting this, this uselessness from my mouth.
Examples
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Where we could be very depressed by a sense of uselessness and boredom.
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I have a sense of what causes episodes of anger, depression, and uselessness that he goes through.
Blog text (32) -
I saw a bit on television about the uselessness of a college education.
Blog text (20) -
I wonder what she tells her students about the uselessness of the appendix.
Blog text (21) -
There is instead only a future of estrangement and social uselessness.
Academic text (2005) -
Symptoms include loneliness, uselessness and a crushing sense of regret.
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You can do five minutes on the uselessness of psychiatry after he's through.
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As his heartbeat lessened, Harvey's sense of uselessness diminished.
Fiction book (1994) -
After losing his job, he was overwhelmed by a sense of uselessness that affected his self-esteem.
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The project failed, and many employees expressed feelings of uselessness as they struggled to find their roles.
Synonyms
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7.0
A feeling or situation when something is useless because it cannot succeed
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7.6
A feeling that what you do has no purpose or value
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6.3
A feeling that you have no value or importance
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6.2
A state when something has no purpose or use
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6.8
A situation when something cannot work well in everyday life
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9.9
A state of not being useful
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7.5
A condition where something cannot be used
A situation when something is not helpful and has no clear purpose
Antonyms
How Useful
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∞
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3.5
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5.4
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4.3
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uselessness is built from three simple parts: use meaning 'to do something with', less meaning 'without', and the ending -ness meaning 'state'. So uselessness is the state of being 'without use', which is why it means having no practical value.