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Definition of useless in English: uselessadjective ˈjuːsləsˈjusləs 1Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome. a piece of useless knowledge we tried to pacify him but it was useless Example sentencesExamples - This book is intended as a treasure trove of useless information.
- Once the documents were released and proved to be useless for that purpose, the issue was dropped.
- Bag after black plastic bag got filled with old, useless paper.
- If a phone is stolen, the mobile phone operator can use the number to turn off the phone, rendering it useless to the thief.
- I wrote a while ago that there is no such thing as useless knowledge.
- Unfortunately, the figures are useless and show nothing either way, whether this figure is bad or not.
- I tossed the useless tent stake aside and stood up, wiping the sweat off my face.
- Now, for some odd and unexplained reason, she is starting to teach me useless bits of knowledge.
- Of course I spent my earnings on useless, frivolous designer items.
- Over the years I've gotten adept at traveling with a lot of useless stuff.
- What you might consider useless might be quite useful for the auction.
- I nodded fervently, thinking to myself how useless the knowledge was for an event like this, and smiled.
- Anything that's not functioning in accordance with its purpose is useless.
- She hated these lessons most of all, they just seemed utterly useless and pointless.
- The books at either end of this spectrum tend to be useless.
- I have to confess that I consider cricket to be the most useless, pointless sport in the entire world.
- However the day was almost marred by pointless and useless vandalism to one of the train carriage windows.
- I packed quickly, not expecting her to return for another round of useless discussion, but not willing to take the chance.
- I performed a parody of running as I struggled to escape with my useless left ankle.
- Behaving in such a way is pretty juvenile and, when there's no-one around, frankly useless.
Synonyms futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain, to no purpose, to no avail, unavailing, bootless, nugatory, hopeless, unusable, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive, unachievable, Sisyphean unworkable, broken, kaput, unserviceable informal junky rare inutile - 1.1informal Having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area.
he was useless at football Example sentencesExamples - I am, quite seriously, one of the most fiscally useless people you'll ever meet.
- He was useless with a sword, missed his targets in archery, fell off his horse as soon as he got on, and in general hated fighting.
- He was completely useless, of course, and consistently held the team back with his inept displays.
- Except I'm useless with mobile phones - I can never remember to charge them up.
- At school she shone at English, but was pretty useless at everything else - her words, not mine.
- Which explains why I was always useless at any sport involving a ball at school.
- But when it was netball or tennis, I hated physical education because I was pretty useless at those sports.
- In that sense, it's not worth having him as leader at all, because he's politically useless.
- Dolly's a wonderful hunter but she's absolutely useless when it comes to the kill.
- And even though we're shamefully useless at this game, we're inclined to agree.
- He was also useless at games and an unwilling participant in the social cut and thrust of Cardiff High School.
- In any case I bet the management would do nothing since they are completely useless and don't care.
- It's frenetic games which I am useless at, but these two are tempered and calm.
- How many movies have you seen about a team of useless sportsmen that is groomed into shape by the charismatic charm of the lead actor?
- The vote doesn't just reflect the actions of a few useless officials.
- I'm excellent at drawing, but I'm useless with a blank piece of paper unless I have something to copy.
- I would just like to point out that I am useless at crossing roads - I have no common sense at all.
- It was only when we began a practice match that we discovered he was useless.
- It is impossible to single out culprits, they were all useless.
- I was quite useless at talking to people I didn't already know as well as I believed I was beginning to know Hugo.
Synonyms incompetent, ineffective, worthless, ineffectual, incapable, inept, inadequate, hopeless, weak, bad, no good informal bum, a dead loss
Derivatives adverb ˈjuːsləsli Unable to help in our escape, I pushed with my right leg as best as I could while the other leg lolled and bumped uselessly on the ground. Example sentencesExamples - So instead I am alternating between gazing uselessly out of the window and staring blankly at this screen trying to string a few sentences together!
- A plea has been made on behalf of the Augustinian Missions for any old Irish notes or coins which may be lying around the house uselessly.
- Out in the street, stalled taxis blast their horns uselessly.
- When we spend our time uselessly, we not only miss timely opportunities, but our progress in life also is delayed.
Definition of useless in US English: uselessadjectiveˈjusləsˈyo͞osləs 1Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome. a piece of useless knowledge we tried to pacify him but it was useless Example sentencesExamples - However the day was almost marred by pointless and useless vandalism to one of the train carriage windows.
- Now, for some odd and unexplained reason, she is starting to teach me useless bits of knowledge.
- Unfortunately, the figures are useless and show nothing either way, whether this figure is bad or not.
- I have to confess that I consider cricket to be the most useless, pointless sport in the entire world.
- Of course I spent my earnings on useless, frivolous designer items.
- I tossed the useless tent stake aside and stood up, wiping the sweat off my face.
- If a phone is stolen, the mobile phone operator can use the number to turn off the phone, rendering it useless to the thief.
- I wrote a while ago that there is no such thing as useless knowledge.
- This book is intended as a treasure trove of useless information.
- Once the documents were released and proved to be useless for that purpose, the issue was dropped.
- The books at either end of this spectrum tend to be useless.
- I performed a parody of running as I struggled to escape with my useless left ankle.
- I packed quickly, not expecting her to return for another round of useless discussion, but not willing to take the chance.
- Behaving in such a way is pretty juvenile and, when there's no-one around, frankly useless.
- Over the years I've gotten adept at traveling with a lot of useless stuff.
- She hated these lessons most of all, they just seemed utterly useless and pointless.
- What you might consider useless might be quite useful for the auction.
- I nodded fervently, thinking to myself how useless the knowledge was for an event like this, and smiled.
- Anything that's not functioning in accordance with its purpose is useless.
- Bag after black plastic bag got filled with old, useless paper.
Synonyms futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain, to no purpose, to no avail, unavailing, bootless, nugatory, hopeless, unusable, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive, unachievable, sisyphean - 1.1informal Having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area.
he was useless at football Example sentencesExamples - He was useless with a sword, missed his targets in archery, fell off his horse as soon as he got on, and in general hated fighting.
- In that sense, it's not worth having him as leader at all, because he's politically useless.
- I was quite useless at talking to people I didn't already know as well as I believed I was beginning to know Hugo.
- How many movies have you seen about a team of useless sportsmen that is groomed into shape by the charismatic charm of the lead actor?
- In any case I bet the management would do nothing since they are completely useless and don't care.
- The vote doesn't just reflect the actions of a few useless officials.
- I'm excellent at drawing, but I'm useless with a blank piece of paper unless I have something to copy.
- He was completely useless, of course, and consistently held the team back with his inept displays.
- At school she shone at English, but was pretty useless at everything else - her words, not mine.
- It's frenetic games which I am useless at, but these two are tempered and calm.
- Dolly's a wonderful hunter but she's absolutely useless when it comes to the kill.
- Which explains why I was always useless at any sport involving a ball at school.
- He was also useless at games and an unwilling participant in the social cut and thrust of Cardiff High School.
- But when it was netball or tennis, I hated physical education because I was pretty useless at those sports.
- It is impossible to single out culprits, they were all useless.
- I would just like to point out that I am useless at crossing roads - I have no common sense at all.
- I am, quite seriously, one of the most fiscally useless people you'll ever meet.
- It was only when we began a practice match that we discovered he was useless.
- Except I'm useless with mobile phones - I can never remember to charge them up.
- And even though we're shamefully useless at this game, we're inclined to agree.
Synonyms incompetent, ineffective, worthless, ineffectual, incapable, inept, inadequate, hopeless, weak, bad, no good
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