Synonyms for useless
ˈyus lɪsuse·less

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1. uselessadjective

   Antonyms:
   useful, skillful

2. uselessadjective

   This fork has prongs that are bent. It's useless now.

   Antonyms:
   skillful, useful

3. uselessadjective

   Antonyms:
   useful, skillful

4. uselessadjective

   good-for-nothing; not dependable.

   Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.

   Synonyms:
   good-for-nothing

   Antonyms:
   skillful, useful

5. uselessadjective

   unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.

   Synonyms:
   unskillful

   Antonyms:
   skillful, useful

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1. useless

   Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

   Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

   Antonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

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1. uselessadjective

   having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

   "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

   Antonyms:
   useful, recyclable, utilizable, reusable, utile, utilitarian, useable, serviceable, usable, reclaimable, multipurpose

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1. uselessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unavailing, fruitless, bootless, profitless, unprofitable, unserviceable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive, null, nugatory, of no use

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1. uselessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unserviceable, futile, worthless, unavailing, bootless, ineffectual, null, nugatory, abortive

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1. List of paraphrases for "useless":

   pointless, unnecessary, futile, worthless, unhelpful, needless, unusable, meaningless, unserviceable, fruitless, superfluous, vain, good-for-nothing, ineffective, senseless, ineffectual, wasteful

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How to use useless in a sentence?

1. Charles Dickens:

   No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

2. Liam Payne:

   I was a director of a half-a-billion pound industry at 22. But if I am trying to pay car insurance I am useless. Picking up my post? I am the worst person in the world. You are deluded in your growth.

3. Wesley D'Amico :

   Repeating what others do just shows me that there is no intelligent life on Earth. The lamp exists, but without light (energy) it is useless.

4. Mahmoud Abid:

   The weapons they gave us are useless, we can't fight ISIS with this. We need heavier weapons, Russian or American weapons.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   We can forgive a man for making a useful thing, as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.