1
as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
a garage full of useless junk
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2
as in futile
producing no results
a useless attempt to reach an agreement
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Recent Examples of useless
This method is a significant departure from traditional chemical recycling techniques like pyrolysis, which operate at lower temperatures (450–600°C) and produce over a hundred different by-products, many of which are useless.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
But if officials tap too few of them, or wait too long as danger closes in, then the tools become useless.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2025
The journey into the darkness is not a journey into a useless reveling in pessimism.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
One newspaper here calling the summit, sickening, shameful, and, in the end, useless.
—ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
But if officials tap too few of them, or wait too long as danger closes in, then the tools become useless.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2025
The journey into the darkness is not a journey into a useless reveling in pessimism.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
One newspaper here calling the summit, sickening, shameful, and, in the end, useless.
—ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for useless
Adjective
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Jars of thick honey can feel messy or impractical for travel.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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As hotels compete for increasingly discerning customers, designs perceived as impractical or uncomfortable can quickly backfire in the age of viral social media.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And, perhaps most dangerous still, these dreams of modernity shine an unwanted light on the futile hardship of the family’s status quo.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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This alternating strategy is futile.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The website is almost unusable.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The process requires hundreds of delicate manual steps, and any contamination renders a dose unusable.—
Jennifer Kite-Powell,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While Hadden-Paton was unsuccessful in keeping his dapper suit, his costar, Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, confessed to Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live!—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reached out for comment but was unsuccessful.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The concern expressed is that people are turning to AI for mental health advice and do not realize that (presumably) AI is unsuitable for that purpose.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The drastic drop in performance from the 2022 season points to the idea that the current generation of cars is unsuitable for the Briton.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Useless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/useless. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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