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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The answer is that both approaches, of evaluating changes in a price index, year-to-year or month-to-month, produce useful information.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The amount of useful work stored in a quantum system is governed by the Helmholtz free energy, which tells you how far a system is from thermal equilibrium.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
The answer is that both approaches, of evaluating changes in a price index, year-to-year or month-to-month, produce useful information.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
And in a world where everything is trying to be sporty, rugged, or lifestyle-oriented, the Sienna (as do all minivans) just quietly wins by being useful.
—New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
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 Apr. 2026.
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