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That which is useless or vain; uselessness, unprofitableness; idleness, vanity, frivolity; a useless or vain thing or action.
An instance of uselessness; a thing or person that is useless.
transferred and figurative. (See quots.)
With the. With singular agreement. That which is useless or worthless.