useless
/yoo͞s′lĭs/
adjective
- Being or having no beneficial use; ineffective: synonym: futile. This pen is useless because it's out of ink.
- Having no purpose or reason; pointless; to no avail. It's useless to argue over matters of taste.
- Incapable of acting or functioning effectively; ineffectual or inept. He panics easily and is useless in an emergency.
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USELESS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
5 days ago - The meaning of USELESS is having or being of no use. How to use useless in a sentence.
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USELESS definition: of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile. See examples of useless used in a sentence.
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Use this adjective when nothing is working and there is no hope of improvement. Less means "without." So something that is useless has no use or value, at least at the present time.
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USELESS Synonyms & Antonyms - 118 words | Thesaurus.com
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Cambridge Dictionary
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USELESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
3 weeks ago - 1. of no use; not working or not achieving what is needed: 2. not at all good…
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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useless adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com
She tried to work, but it was useless (= she wasn't able to).
Longman
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useless | meaning of useless in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
useless meaning, definition, what is useless: not useful or effective in any way: Learn more.
Oxford English Dictionary
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useless, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word useless.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Useless Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
The tent is useless in wet conditions.
Cambridge Dictionary
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2 weeks ago - USELESS meaning: 1. If something is useless, it does not work well or it has no effect: 2. having no skill in an…. Learn more.
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having no good or practical purpose.... See the full definition
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Useless meaning in English - Definition
useless: worthless, incompetent, pointless, of no use adjective
YourDictionary
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Useless definition: Incapable of acting or functioning effectively; ineffectual or inept.
Merriam-Webster
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USELESS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
3 days ago - meaningful · potent · sufficient · adequate · effectual · efficacious · practical · feasible · functional · usable · applicable · workable · practicable · realizable See More · Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback. Recent Examples of useless At first, Sherlock appears to be useless, the black sheep of his family.
Reverso
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USELESS - Definition & Meaning - Reverso English Dictionary
3 adj If you say that someone or something is useless, you mean that they are no good at all.
Wiktionary
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I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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If you say that something is meaningless, you mean that it has no importance or value.