1
: capable of being put to use
especially
: serviceable for an end or purpose
useful tools
2
: of a valuable or productive kind
do something useful with your life
Examples of useful in a Sentence
Does anyone have any useful suggestions?
It can be useful to know CPR.
The Internet is useful for finding information quickly.
She has become one of the team's most useful players.
Why don't you do something useful with your life?
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Their job is to write the right prompts so tools like ChatGPT give useful, accurate and smart responses.
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Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Likewise, the children of the late Minnesota Speaker of the House who was gunned down last summer, Melissa Hortman, also reminded us that the only way out is to treat each other with kindness and respect—a useful message for our political leaders and fellow citizens to heed.
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Storage Boxes Large storage bins can be useful to keep items organized.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
The project underscores the urgency at Sam Altman’s OpenAI to make its powerful AI technology more useful to businesses across a wide swath of industries, from consulting to finance to legal to technology.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Likewise, the children of the late Minnesota Speaker of the House who was gunned down last summer, Melissa Hortman, also reminded us that the only way out is to treat each other with kindness and respect—a useful message for our political leaders and fellow citizens to heed.
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Storage Boxes Large storage bins can be useful to keep items organized.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
The project underscores the urgency at Sam Altman’s OpenAI to make its powerful AI technology more useful to businesses across a wide swath of industries, from consulting to finance to legal to technology.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for useful
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“Useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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