Another word for useless
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Adjective
Having no useful purpose
- Lacking worth; of no use or value.
- Low; despicable:
- That cannot be used:
- Not fit for use:
- Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
- Not producing the desired effect:
- Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent:
See also:Incapable of being used or availed of to advantage
- Not workable, especially not capable of being put into practice successfully; not practicable:
- That cannot be used:
- Not fit for use:
- unusable
- not working (machinery, etc)
- impractical
- Unwise to implement or maintain in practice:
- Incapable of dealing efficiently with practical matters, especially finances.
- Not a part of experience, fact, or practice; theoretical.
- Impossible to do or carry out:
- Unfit for passage:
- Unmanageable; intractable.
See also:Having no useful result
- Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:
- Lacking substance or worth:
- Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
- Having an unfavorable outcome:
- Failing to attain something desired or intended:
- Bringing in no profit or profits:
- Serving no useful purpose:
- Not availing; ineffectual or useless:
- Having no useful result; ineffectual:
- Producing no fruit:
- Not leading to success; unproductive:
- Being without advantage or benefit; useless.
- Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of female animals.
- Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of women.
- Not producing or incapable of producing fruit:
Not having the desired effect
- Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; incompetent:
- Not producing the intended result; ineffective:
- Wasteful of time, energy, or materials:
- Not capable of producing a desired effect or result; ineffective.
- Not producing the desired effect:
- Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent:
- Not producing an intended effect; ineffectual:
- Inadequate; incompetent:
See also:
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Another word for useless
Modifier
Unserviceable
- Bringing in no profit or profits:
- Serving no useful purpose:
- Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; incompetent:
- Not producing the intended result; ineffective:
- Wasteful of time, energy, or materials:
- Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose.
- unable to function normally, properly, etc.
- of or characterized by abnormal or impaired psychosocial functioning
- Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured:
- Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents:
- Having been violated:
- Not working or functioning.
- No longer in force; countermanded:
- Not producing an intended effect; ineffectual:
- Inadequate; incompetent:
- Lacking qualities necessary for effective conduct or action:
- Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application:
- Not functioning properly in the body:
- Subject to use or consumption:
- Not worth salvaging or reusing:
- Not strictly necessary; dispensable:
- Not producing the desired effect:
- Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent:
- Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
- That cannot be used:
- Not fit for use:
- Lacking worth; of no use or value.
- Low; despicable:
Futile
- Producing no fruit:
- Not leading to success; unproductive:
- Not availing; ineffectual or useless:
- Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:
- Lacking substance or worth:
- Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
- Having no useful result; ineffectual:
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