Uselessness Definition & Meaning

Examples of useless in a Sentence

The tent is useless in wet conditions. I made a useless attempt at fixing the leak. Drugs are useless in treating the condition.

Recent Examples on the Web Still, a better long-lasting vaccine doesn’t guarantee enough people will be willing to take it, and even an improved vaccine will be useless if most refuse it. — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 17 June 2022 In her estimation, enhanced gun regulations would be useless because the ones that already exist didn’t prevent her son’s death. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 But his high-octane stuff was useless against the Yankees, who swung and missed at only three of those pitches and fouled off 28 others. — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 Hydroxychloroquine was ultimately shown to be useless against Covid. — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 23 May 2022 Just like that, the weapon that made Thor complete was destroyed and rendered useless. — Chris Smith, BGR, 24 May 2022 At best, this is a pain; at worst, tasks or value-adding use cases are rendered useless due to resulting health and safety concerns. — Mark Lippett, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Horsepower is useless if wheels are slipping, so Audi fits the SQ7 (and the rest of its lineup) with its quattro permanent all-wheel drive system that automatically distributes power precisely where it is needed. — Michael Harley, Forbes, 18 May 2022 Often, in drug development, Dr. Friedman says, the drug dose has to be fine tuned — too much is dangerous and too little is useless. — New York Times, 17 May 2022 See More

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