Definitions for useless
ˈyus lɪsuse·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uselessadjective

   having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uselessadjective

   Without use or possibility to be used.

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

2. uselessadjective

   Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).

3. 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.

4. uselessadjective

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uselessadjective

   Answering no purpose; having no end.

   Etymology: from use.

   So have I seen the lost clouds pour
   Into the sea an useless show’r;
   And the vext sailors curse the rain,
   For which poor shepherds pray’d in vain. Edmund Waller.

   The hurtful teeth of vipers are useless-to us, and yet are parts of their bodies. Boyle.

   His friend, on whose assistance he most relied, either proves false and forsakes him, or looks on with an useless pity, and cannot help him. John Rogers, Sermons.

   The waterman forlorn along the shore,
   Pensive reclines upon his useless oar. John Gay.

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1. Useless

   Useless is Depeche Modes thirty-fourth UK single, released on 20 October 1997, and the fourth and final single for the album Ultra. It was released with "Home" as a double A-side in the US due to "Useless" getting airplay on US radio stations before "Home" was announced. The single remix, by Alan Moulder, changes the intro and has an updated beat (similar to the changes done to the 7" versions of "Walking In My Shoes" and "Condemnation"), and adds some extra synth during the chorus. It also contains more grainy vocals. "The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session" is a very prominent remix by the DJ duo of the same name. On the US single, the single remix is replaced by the CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit. There are no actual B-sides for "Useless", except for remixes and live versions of the song. Some versions of the CD single feature the videos for "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good", accessible when the disc is inserted into a PC. The 1997 music video for "Useless" was the last Depeche Mode video to be directed by Anton Corbijn for more than eight years. Though he remained working for Depeche Mode on all their album/single covers, press images and tour projections/designs, the record label decided to experiment with new directors for music videos. Corbijn's next video project with Depeche Mode was for "Suffer Well".

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1. useless

   Useless refers to something or someone that serves no purpose, inadequately fulfills a particular function, or is not beneficial or advantageous in any way. It implies a lack of effectiveness, worth, or value.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uselessadjective

   having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity

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1. Useless

   "Useless" is Depeche Mode's thirty-fourth UK single, released on October 20, 1997, and the fourth and final single for the album Ultra. It was released with "Home" as a double A-side in the US due to "Useless" getting airplay on US radio stations before "Home" was announced. "Useless" is an industrial rock track in the vein of "Barrel of a Gun", with more of a pop twist. The single remix, by Alan Moulder, changes the intro and has an updated beat, and adds some extra synth during the chorus. It also contains more grainy vocals. The "The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session" is a very prominent remix by the DJ duo of the same name. On the US single, the single remix is replaced by the CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit. There are no actual B-sides for "Useless", except for remixes and live versions of the song. Some versions of the CD single feature the videos for "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good", accessible when the disc is inserted into a PC. The 1997 music video for "Useless" was the last Depeche Mode video to be directed by Anton Corbijn for more than eight years. Though he still did some work for Depeche Mode on album/single covers and tour projections/designs, the band decided to experiment with new directors for music videos. Corbijn's next project with Depeche Mode was the video for "Suffer Well".

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'useless' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4186

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'useless' in Adjectives Frequency: #848

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of useless in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of useless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of useless in a Sentence

1. Ioan Grillo:

   A lot of the problems in Mexico arent related to common crime; it is about major organized crime. If I was carrying a pistol and was stopped by 10 guys with AK-47s, it isnt only useless, it is going to be provocative in that situation.

2. Michael Collins:

   I liken it to a daisy chain, long and very fragile daisy chain, it emanates from Cape Canaveral, and then it goes out into space and around the moon and circles it back in. And it's got all these links in it, and if one link fails, well, all the rest downstream are useless. So for eight days, to and from, there was always one thing coming up, the next big event which could ruin you, be the end of you. That was how it worked.

3. Sir Thomas More:

   They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

4. Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:

   Delores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping along smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently, until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an over- dose of flouride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred pound barbell in a steroid-free fitness center.

5. Donald Trump:

   The Art of the Deal,' when you say that, and the other side says,' Well, Senate Democrats've got 70 % of the people say it's not going to happen,' the other 30 % are essentially, they're rendered useless.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=useless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Useless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=useless
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useless
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useless
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=useless