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English adjective: useless

1. useless having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully


SamplesA kitchen full of useless gadgets.
She is useless in an emergency.


Similarfutile, ineffectual, inutile, otiose, unavailing, unserviceable, unusable, unuseable


See alsoineffective, ineffectual, uneffective, unprofitable, unserviceable


Attributeusefulness, utility


Antonymsuseful, utile









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