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[ adjective ] having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
Examples "a kitchen full of useless gadgets" "she is useless in an emergency" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Technical knowledge is a wonderful thing , but it 's useless unless it eventually feeds the cash_register . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)The ship 's compass was useless because of the nearness of the magnetic North_Pole . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Feeling useless seems generally to be an unpleasant sensation . (Jay Williams, The Forger....)That 's one of the reasons art is becoming a useless occupation . Related terms useful futile cast-off unserviceable inutile unprofitable ineffective unserviceable utility |
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[ adjective ] not useful
Examples "a curiously unhelpful and useless manual" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He did not mind the useless , kindly questions . Related terms |
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