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useless

/ˈjus.ləs/adjective2 syllables

Useless means: having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully.

Synonyms for useless16

adjective, as in having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing, meaningless, inutile, unserviceable, unusable, unuseable, ineffective, uneffective, unprofitable

also used for useless

unutilizable, void, good-for-nothing, unskillful

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Opposites of useless

What does useless mean?1

adjective

1

having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully“a kitchen full of useless gadgets”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Useless in a sentence

  • The nineties generation in tennis has been utterly useless so far, exasperated fans say.Ooneykcall
  • By this point in the game, the smaller health potions are almost useless.sabretou
  • Animals, which do not do a single useless thing, don't speak ill of death.kaiperkins271
  • I don't know what's more useless: gold hoes, or you.espamatics
  • This president has a lot of advisors, but they're all useless.DJ_Saidez
  • Knowing him, exerting pressure on him is useless.Nuel
  • Without electricity, life-saving equipment in the hospitals becomes useless.Amastan
  • People without principles are like a broken parachute: unpredictable, untrustworthy, useless.Miktsoanit

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Forms of useless

as a adjective

comparative
uselesser
superlative
uselessest