What does useless mean?
Definitions for useless
ˈyus lɪsuse·less
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Princeton's WordNet
useless(adj)
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
"a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
Wiktionary
useless(Adjective)
Without use or possibility to be used.
This fork has prongs that are bent. It's useless now.
useless(Adjective)
Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
useless(Adjective)
good-for-nothing; not dependable.
Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.
useless(Adjective)
unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
Webster Dictionary
Useless(adj)
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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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".
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Rank popularity for the word 'useless' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4186
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'useless' in Adjectives Frequency: #848
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of useless in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of useless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of useless in a Sentence
All is fish that comes to the net i.e. there is absolutely nothing in life that can be counted out as completely useless or worthless. In other words, you can and should take advantage of anything that comes your way or rather take advantage of all the opportunities that come your way. ~Emeasoba George
Since the tree is useless on its own without the support of the roots, you must help out your fellow friend to keep humanity alive throughout every generation.
There are moods in which one feels the impulse to enter a tacit protest against too gross an appetite for pure aesthetics in this starving and sinning world. One turns half away, musingly, from certain beautiful useless things.
Paul Henry need to make this data useless when it's stolen, that's the answer.
Prophets are geniuses. Not of teaching some useless superstitions, but of conquering the hearts and bending the minds.
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- безполезенBulgarian
- inútilCatalan, Valencian
- k ničemu, zbytečnýCzech
- ubrugeligDanish
- unnützlich, wertlos, unnütz, nutzlos, sinnlosGerman
- άχρηστος, μάταιοςGreek
- inútilSpanish
- tarbetuEstonian
- ezgai, baliogabe, hutsalBasque
- kelvoton, turha, onneton, käyttökelvoton, tarpeeton, hyödytönFinnish
- inutilisable, inutileFrench
- gan mhaithIrish
- gun fheumScottish Gaelic
- inútilGalician
- חֲסַר תוֹעֶלֶתHebrew
- बेकार, निकम्माHindi
- inusabileInterlingua
- gagnslausIcelandic
- inutileItalian
- 無用, 役に立たないJapanese
- უსარგებლოGeorgian
- inutilisLatin
- onbruikbaar, nutteloosDutch
- ubrukelig, unyttig, nytteløstNorwegian
- niepotrzebny, bezużytecznyPolish
- بې کارهPashto, Pushto
- inútilPortuguese
- netrebuincios, inutil, nefolositorRomanian
- никчёмный, ненужный, бесполезныйRussian
- nahovno, nanič, zbytočnýSlovak
- بیکارUrdu
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