useless

  • 11useless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) serving no purpose. 2) informal having little ability or skill. DERIVATIVES uselessly adverb uselessness noun …

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  • 12useless — [yo͞os′lis] adj. 1. having no use; unserviceable; worthless 2. to no purpose; ineffectual; of no avail SYN. FUTILE uselessly adv. uselessness n …

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  • 13useless — use|less [ jusləs ] adjective ** useless objects have no purpose or cannot do what they were designed to do: This technology is useless if you aren t trained to operate it. Why do you keep this completely useless umbrella? prove useless: Most of… …

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  • 14useless */*/ — UK [ˈjuːsləs] / US [ˈjusləs] adjective useless objects have no purpose or cannot do what they were designed to do This technology is useless if you can t operate it. Why do you keep this completely useless umbrella? prove useless: Most of his… …

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  • 15useless — [[t]ju͟ːsləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If something is useless, you cannot use it. He realised that their money was useless in this country... Computers would be useless without software writers. Ant: useful Derived words: uselessly ADV… …

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  • 16useless — adj. 1 of no use VERBS ▪ be, feel, prove ▪ Her efforts to avoid him proved useless. ▪ become ▪ leave sth, make sth …

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  • 17useless — use|less [ˈju:sləs] adj 1.) not useful or effective in any way ≠ ↑useful ▪ The doctor concluded that further treatment would be useless. ▪ a website full of useless information virtually/completely/totally etc useless ▪ Water had got into the… …

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  • 18useless — adjective 1 not useful or effective in any way: This bag is useless it has a hole in it. | a useless piece of information | completely/totally/utterly useless: At that time, art was considered a completely useless activity. | useless for: It s a… …

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  • 19useless — [ˈjuːsləs] adj 1) useless objects have no purpose or cannot do what they were designed to do This technology is useless if you can t operate it.[/ex] Why do you keep this completely useless umbrella?[/ex] 2) useless activities are not effective… …

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  • 20useless — uselessly, adv. uselessness, n. /yoohs lis/, adj. 1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him. 2. without useful qualities; of no practical good: a useless person; a useless gadget …

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