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 year's vaccine isn't useless against subclade K, however.
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Every relocator has different priorities, and Miami’s block-by-block variation makes blanket recommendations nearly useless.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Often relegated to the status of useless chatter, small talk is once again at the heart of debates about our social well-being.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
My French was useless—I was also considered a tourist by association.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Every relocator has different priorities, and Miami’s block-by-block variation makes blanket recommendations nearly useless.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Often relegated to the status of useless chatter, small talk is once again at the heart of debates about our social well-being.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
My French was useless—I was also considered a tourist by association.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for useless
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Unlike classical supercomputers, which excel at simulations and data-heavy tasks, quantum computers operate on fundamentally different principles, enabling new approaches to solving problems that are considered impractical using traditional computing methods.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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At first glance, the energy cost of swimming thousands of miles — often without stopping to feed or rest — seems both impractical and impossible.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their effort to find a home in Overtown seemed futile until Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon, who grew up in Liberty City, conceived a brilliant idea.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the rally felt less threatening than futile.—
Zach Fisch,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The next areas on your decluttering to-do list should be your kitchen cabinets and office drawers, which have a serious tendency to accumulate unused or outdated electronics, miscellaneous plugs, or frayed, unusable cords.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
25 Jan. 2026
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Data collected by Amnesty International’s Citizen Evidence Lab suggests that Israel deliberately used this incendiary substance in densely populated villages in southern Lebanon to push the civilians out and make their lands unusable.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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These therapies are not universally successful, of course, but can often save lives and defeat cancers where other methods are unsuccessful.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Symptoms include cravings, unsuccessful quit attempts, tolerance and withdrawal.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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These turbines operate effectively in regions unsuitable for conventional wind farms, including mountainous terrain and remote coastal areas.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Useless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/useless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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