useless (Meaning)

Wordnet

useless (a)

having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

Webster

useless (a.)

Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.

useless Sentence Examples

  1. The broken watch lying on the table is completely useless; it can't tell time at all.
  2. Despite spending hours studying, he felt like the information he learned was useless during the exam.
  3. The old computer in the corner of the room is so outdated that it's essentially useless for anything beyond basic tasks.
  4. Carrying an umbrella in a desert would be useless since it hardly ever rains there.
  5. Trying to convince him to change his mind is useless; he's extremely stubborn.
  6. She found herself stuck in a useless meeting that didn't accomplish anything productive.
  7. The instructions were so poorly written that they were useless in helping me assemble the furniture.
  8. After the power outage, the flashlight turned out to be useless because the batteries were dead.
  9. His attempts to fix the leaky faucet were useless; it continued to drip incessantly.
  10. Keeping items you never use in your home is useless clutter that only takes up space.

FAQs About the word useless

having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefullyHaving, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; n

unusable,impractical, unsuitable, unavailable, inoperable,unworkable, impracticable, unserviceable, inert, dormant

useful, functional, feasible, serviceable, applicable, available, serviceable, operational, feasible, practical

The broken watch lying on the table is completely useless; it can't tell time at all.

Despite spending hours studying, he felt like the information he learned was useless during the exam.

The old computer in the corner of the room is so outdated that it's essentially useless for anything beyond basic tasks.

Carrying an umbrella in a desert would be useless since it hardly ever rains there.