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useless /ˈjuːsləs/ adjective not useful or effective in any wayadverbscompletely/totally/absolutely/utterly useless The map was old and it was completely useless.virtually/almost/practically useless The spray was virtually useless in keeping away the mosquitoes.fairly useless also pretty useless BrE (=rather useless) If the knife isn’t sharp, it is pretty useless.nounsuseless information His mind is full of useless information about sport.verbsprove useless formal (=something is shown not to be effective when you use it) Police checkpoints proved useless at stopping the suicide bombers.render sth useless formal (=make it useless) She was in a terrible accident which rendered her legs virtually useless.prepositionsuseless for sth Salt water flooded onto the land, making it useless for farming.useless to sb The information was useless to me.phrasesit is useless trying to do sth It’s useless trying to argue with him.worse than useless My raincoat is so old, it is worse than useless.GrammarUseless is usually used after the verb be, or other verbs. The only noun it is commonly used with is information. For other nouns, it is better to use the adjectives in the Thesaurus section.THESAURUS: useless pointlessexercise | question | argument not likely to have any useful result: Washing his clothes seemed like a pointless exercise, if he was going to get them dirty again the next day. | He kept asking me pointless questions. | I don’t want to get involved in another pointless argument about money. | It is completely pointless arguing with him – he always thinks he is right. futileattempt | effort | exercise | gesture | search actions that are futile are not worth doing because they have no chance of being successful: She shut the door in a futile attempt to keep out the smoke. | The defenders made a futile effort to save the city. | The talks were a futile exercise, because neither side was interested in peace. | Averland sent troops to support them, but he knew it was a futile gesture (=something that you do, even though you know it cannot possibly be successful). | The search for the missing child proved futile (=it was unsuccessful). hopelesstask | situation | attempt | struggle | case if something that you try to do is hopeless, there is no hope of being successful: Trying to stop the fire from spreading was a hopeless task. | The situation seemed hopeless and everyone thought that the factory would close. | He was jumping up and down in a hopeless attempt to keep warm. | It was a hopeless struggle to find any food. | At first, his doctors thought that he was a hopeless case (=someone who you cannot do anything to help, or a situation that is impossible to change). fruitlesssearch | attempt | effort | talks | negotiations | discussions if something is fruitless, you do not find or achieve what you want: Hamilton led investigators on a fruitless search of the desert. | He made several fruitless attempts to persuade them of his innocence. | After three weeks of fruitless negotiations, they seemed no closer to finding an agreement. | These discussions proved fruitless, with each side blaming the other.You can also say that something is a waste of time/money/effort (=it is not worth the time, money, or effort that you use because you do not achieve anything): The scheme was a waste of money.ANTONYMS useful
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