useless (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *useless*:
ADJECTIVE	all	useless	having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

useless > pronunciation
Sounds	yuw'slahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *useless*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully.
Examples	"a kitchen full of useless gadgets" "she is useless in an emergency"
Attribute of	utility, usefulness	The quality of being of practical use
Narrower	futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing, meaningless	producing no result or effect
	inutile	not worth using
	unserviceable, unusable, unuseable	not capable of being used
See also	ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual	not producing an intended effect
	unprofitable	producing little or no profit or gain
	unserviceable	not ready for service
Opposite	useful, utile	Of use or service
Spanish	incapaz, ineficaz, inepto, inservible, inútil, vano
Catalan	incapaç, ineficaç, inepte, inútil, va
Nouns	uselessness	the quality of having no practical use
Adverbs	uselessly	in a useless manner

HyperDic: useless