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useless
adjective
not
able
to
do
what
is
needed
;
having
no
practical
use
or
value
•
The
old
flashlight
was
useless
after
its
batteries
died
.
The
old
flashlight
was
useless
after
its
batteries
died
.
•
Trying
to
convince
her
was
useless
because
she
had
already
decided
.
Trying
to
convince
her
was
useless
because
she
had
already
decided
.
Late
16th
century
:
from
the
noun
use
+
the
suffix
–less
,
meaning
‘
lacking
’.
adjective
informal
:
very
bad
at
doing
something
;
unable
to
do
it
effectively
•
I'm
useless
at
remembering
names
,
so
I
keep
a
list
in
my
phone
.
I'm
useless
at
remembering
names
,
so
I
keep
a
list
in
my
phone
.
•
She
joked
that
her
brother
was
useless
in
the
kitchen
and
could
barely
boil
water
.
She
joked
that
her
brother
was
useless
in
the
kitchen
and
could
barely
boil
water
.
See
main
sense
etymology
:
formed
from
use
+
–less
.
