useless

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use|less /j'uːsləs/
1 [ADJ] 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.
≠ useful
● uselessly [ADV]
His right arm hung rather uselessly.
● uselessness [N-UNCOUNT]
The car had rusted almost to the point of uselessness.
2 [ADJ] oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
If something is useless, it does not achieve anything helpful or good.
She knew it was useless to protest.
...a useless punishment which fails to stop drug trafficking.
= pointless
● uselessly [ADV]
Uselessly, he checked the same pockets he'd checked before.
● uselessness [N-UNCOUNT]
...the uselessness of their research.
3 [ADJ] oft ADJ at n
If you say that someone or something is useless, you mean that they are no good at all. (INFORMAL)
Their education system is useless...
He was useless at any game with a ball.
= hopeless
4 [ADJ]
If someone feels useless, they feel bad because they are unable to help someone or achieve anything.
She sits at home all day, watching TV and feeling useless.
● uselessness [N-UNCOUNT]
...the sense of uselessness and the boredom of empty days.

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