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Another word for useless

useless Synonyms

useless

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Unserviceable
worthless, unusable, inutile, ineffectual, expendable, incompetent, of no use, ineffective, inoperative, broken, dysfunctional, counterproductive, inefficient, unprofitable, no damn good*.
Antonyms efficient*, usable, operative.
Futile
futile, vain, unavailing, fruitless; see hopeless 2. See syn. study at futile.

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Another word for useless

adjective

Having no useful purpose:
ineffectual, inutile, unusable, worthless. See used
Incapable of being used or availed of to advantage:
impracticable, impractical, unnegotiable, unserviceable, unusable, unworkable. See used
Having no useful result:
barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain. Idiom: in vain. See thrive, used
Not having the desired effect:
ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient. See affect

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As strong as he was, it would be useless to resist.
The symbols were useless to him.
It's useless to dwell on what might've been.
She suggested he take the cell phone but then remembered it was useless in the high mountains.
A piece of cotton wool soaked in strong carbolic acid will relieve the pain of dental caries, but is useless in other forms of toothache.

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