useless

useless: —uselessly, adv. —uselessness, n.

/yoohs"lis/, adj.

1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.

2. without useful qualities; of no practical good: a useless person; a useless gadget.

[1585-95; USE + -LESS]

Syn. 1. fruitless, profitless, valueless, worthless, inutile. USELESS, FUTILE, INEFFECTUAL, VAIN refer to that which is unavailing. That is USELESS which is unavailing because of the circumstances of the case or some inherent defect: It is useless to cry over spilt milk. FUTILE suggests wasted effort and complete failure to attain a desired end: All attempts were futile. That which is INEFFECTUAL weakly applies energy in an ill-advised way and does not produce a desired effect: an ineffectual effort. That which is VAIN is fruitless or hopeless even after all possible effort: It is vain to keep on hoping. 2. unserviceable, unusable.

Ant. 1. effective.

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Unavailing, fruitless, bootless, profitless, unprofitable, unserviceable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive, of no use, ineffectual, nugatory, null / Unserviceable, worthless, valueless, good for nothing, of no use

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