useless
/yoo͞s′lĭs/
adjective
  1. Being or having no beneficial use; ineffective: synonym: futile.
    This pen is useless because it's out of ink.
  2. Having no purpose or reason; pointless; to no avail.
    It's useless to argue over matters of taste.
  3. Incapable of acting or functioning effectively; ineffectual or inept.
    He panics easily and is useless in an emergency.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik
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Merriam-Webster
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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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Dictionary.com
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USELESS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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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Vocabulary.com
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Useless - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
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
Words related to useless are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word useless. Browse related words to learn more about word associations. abortive barren crappier crappy crummy desperate discarded dispensable dissatisfactory feckless fruitless futile good-for-nothing hollow hopeless idle impossible impotent impractical impractical/impracticable incompetent incorrigible inefficacious inessential irremediable meaningless more desperate more impracticable more impractical more impractical more worn more worn more worn out more worn out more worn-out more worn-out more wornout more w
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Collins Dictionary
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USELESS definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone or something is useless, you mean that they are no good at all.
Published   March 26, 2018
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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.
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TheFreeDictionary.com
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Useless - definition of useless by The Free Dictionary
1. worthless, of no use, valueless, pants (slang), ineffective, impractical, fruitless, unproductive, ineffectual, unworkable, disadvantageous, unavailing, bootless, unsuitable He realised that their money was useless in this country.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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USELESS | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
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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YourDictionary
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Useless Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Useless definition: Incapable of acting or functioning effectively; ineffectual or inept.
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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.
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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.
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Wiktionary
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useless - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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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WordReference
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