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What (who) is useless - definition
useless
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Useless (disambiguation)
1.
If something is useless, you cannot use it.
He realised that their money was useless in this country...
Computers would be useless without software writers.
? useful
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
• uselessly
His right arm hung rather uselessly.
ADV
• uselessness
The car had rusted almost to the point of uselessness.
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2.
If something is useless, it does not achieve anything helpful or good.
She knew it was useless to protest.
...a useless punishment which fails to stop drug trafficking.
= pointless
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
• uselessly
Uselessly, he checked the same pockets he'd checked before.
ADV
• uselessness
...the uselessness of their research.
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3.
If you say that someone or something is useless, you mean that they are no good at all. (INFORMAL)
Their education system is useless...
He was useless at any game with a ball.
= hopeless
ADJ: oft ADJ at n
4.
If someone feels useless, they feel bad because they are unable to help someone or achieve anything.
She sits at home all day, watching TV and feeling useless.
ADJ
• uselessness
...the sense of uselessness and the boredom of empty days.
N-UNCOUNT
useless
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Useless (disambiguation)
a.
1.
Unavailing, fruitless, bootless, profitless, unprofitable, unserviceable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive, of no use, ineffectual, nugatory, null.
2.
Unserviceable, worthless, valueless, good for nothing, of no use.
useless
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Useless (disambiguation)
¦ adjective
1. serving no purpose.
2. informal having little ability or skill.
Derivatives
uselessly adverb
uselessness noun
Examples of use of useless
1. Another useless idea from this useless Government.
2. Can‘t sing, can‘t perform, useless music, uninteresting.
3. "The fine in the Ashley Cole case was absolutely useless, a paltry fine of 300,000 on Chelsea is absolutely useless." Look here too...
4. The Bank of England has been useless at controlling inflation.
5. "That‘s completely useless," he said he told them.