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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Share helpful, relevant content that is useful to your customers.
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Ryan Ferrier, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Kagi founder suggested that licensing Google Search could allow entities of all sizes to have genuinely useful custom search tools.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
And her first-strike tennis, always such a threat on faster surfaces, is clearly quite useful on the slower clay too.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Though beetroot juice is potentially useful for lowering systolic blood pressure, it cannot be considered an effective means of treatment for people with hypertension.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
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Ryan Ferrier, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Kagi founder suggested that licensing Google Search could allow entities of all sizes to have genuinely useful custom search tools.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
And her first-strike tennis, always such a threat on faster surfaces, is clearly quite useful on the slower clay too.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Though beetroot juice is potentially useful for lowering systolic blood pressure, it cannot be considered an effective means of treatment for people with hypertension.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
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“Useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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