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as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
a garage full of useless junk
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as in futile
producing no results
a useless attempt to reach an agreement
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Recent Examples of useless
Sarah has a useless husband and a useless job.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Lavin bought hard copies of the AI knockoffs of her book, and wasn’t surprised to find that each was useless in its own way.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Ohtani makes those comparisons somewhat useless.
—Harry Enten, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
But to borrow Manidis’s framework, the drive to create such a tool conflates useless toil with meaningful labor.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Lavin bought hard copies of the AI knockoffs of her book, and wasn’t surprised to find that each was useless in its own way.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Ohtani makes those comparisons somewhat useless.
—Harry Enten, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
But to borrow Manidis’s framework, the drive to create such a tool conflates useless toil with meaningful labor.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for useless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for useless
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If there’s a force majeure clause in the new rights contracts that allows the NBA’s media partners to temporarily halt running sportsbook ads when an unforeseeable event makes such airings impractical, it’s hidden under a tide of black ink.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Robots have become indispensable in environments where high radiation or structural complexity makes human intervention dangerous or impractical.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, over on the blanket, Hine and Lemmon begin a rather futile attempt to teach the rest of us backgammon.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Understanding each other is futile.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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That said, while each companion’s abilities bring something to the table, they get downed by enemies a lot, which renders their abilities unusable until they can be revived.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Photos taken immediately after the carpet removal show that the classroom was left in unusable condition, with a portion of the carpet remaining attached to the floor.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Barkan’s was one of several unsuccessful progressive campaigns Mamdani worked on before getting a job as a foreclosure prevention counselor at a nonprofit.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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There have been a handful of topping bids this year, including an unsuccessful attempt by hedge fund Alden Global to beat out Hearst in its deal for the Dallas Morning News.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the movie only gives tiny little tastes of 1982 rock culture, and why Nebraska was so comically unsuitable for airplay.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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This closeness causes gravitational instability that existing planetary formation models have suggested should result in an environment unsuitable for planet formation.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Useless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/useless. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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