useless
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,089 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,530 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully a kitchen full of useless gadgetsshe is useless in an emergency
useless in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It is useless since they have killed me.
The Velvet Glove · Henry Seton Merriman · Chapter 1
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Joseph asked, and Azariah answered that it would be useless to follow.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1
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The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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It would be tedious as well as useless to recount the horrors of all of them.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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It would have been useless to beg, I knew; and, moreover, I have never known how to beg.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1