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Type Words
Synonyms utile


the girl felt motherly and useful.
a useful job.
a useful member of society.
Type Words
Synonyms utilitarian
Derivation usefulness

Examples of useful

useful
Is there evidence that a supplement would be useful in helping fight off a cold?
From the abcnews.go.com
This week, we look at the mechanical side, as well as other useful fuel tidbits.
From the boston.com
I've installed this app on my Droid Incredible, and it's interesting and useful.
From the cnn.com
Transit systems become much more useful when they facilitate multi-modal travel.
From the washingtonpost.com
That means monetary guidelines that are useful at one moment may need replacing.
From the businessweek.com
This is genuinely cool and wonderful and about as useful as GPS gets these days.
From the time.com
The tests are time consuming and are often not useful in an emergency situation.
From the sciencedaily.com
The iPad isn't really useful to me except as an overpriced news and book reader.
From the suntimes.com
I wrote a book a few years ago about turning 40 and it was very useful for that.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
More examples
  • Being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
  • Utilitarian: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
  • (usefully) in a useful manner; "extra money could be usefully spent on this project"
  • (usefulness) utility: the quality of being of practical use
  • In economics, utility is a measure of relative satisfaction. Given this measure, one may speak meaningfully of increasing or decreasing utility, and thereby explain economic behavior in terms of attempts to increase one's utility. ...
  • (Usefulness (patent)) In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. Today, the utility requirement is the lowest bar and is easily met. Largely utility is used to prevent the patenting of inoperative devices such as perpetual motion machines. ...
  • Having a practical or beneficial use
  • (Usefulness) The importance of something for attaining a goal. See instrumental value.
  • (Usefulness) The representation should be useful in clinical practice.