useless

(yūs'lĭs)
adj.

1. Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.
2. Incapable of functioning or assisting; ineffectual: He panics easily and is useless in an emergency. See synonyms at futile.

uselessly use'less·ly adv.
uselessness use'less·ness n.

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adjective

1. Having no useful purpose: ineffectual, inutile, unusable, worthless. See used/unused.
2. Incapable of being used or availed of to advantage: impracticable, impractical, unnegotiable, unserviceable, unusable, unworkable. See used/unused.
3. Having no useful result: barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain. Idioms: in vain. See thrive/fail/exist, used/unused.
4. Not having the desired effect: ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient. See affect/ineffectiveness.

adj

Definition: not working; not valuable
Antonyms: helpful, usable, useful, valuable, working, worthwhile

IN BRIEF: Not serving the purpose or any purpose; Of no practical good; Unavailing.

If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner you have learned how to live. — Lin Yutang

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For a list of words related to useless, see:

• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal
• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ubrugelig, uanvendelig, nyttesløs, unyttig, forgæves

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbruikbaar, vergeefs, nutteloos

Français (French)
adj. - inutile, inutilisable, incapable, nul

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nutzlos, zwecklos, unnütz, unbrauchbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άχρηστος, ανώφελος, μάταιος, άκαρπος

Italiano (Italian)
inutile, inutilizzabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inútil, imprestável, fútil

Русский (Russian)
бесполезный, никуда не годный, не в форме (о самочувствии)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inútil, ineficaz, inservible, inepto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - onyttig, oduglig, oanvändbar, obrukbar, värdelös, lönlös, fåfäng, gagnlös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无用的, 无益的, 无效的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無用的, 無益的, 無效的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 쓸모없는, 무익한, 기운이 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 役に立たない, 無駄な, 役立たずの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مفيد, غير نافع, عديم الجدوى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-תועלת, נטול-ערך, לא-יעיל‬

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