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Type Words
Synonyms inutility, unusefulness
Type of quality
Has types futility, impracticability, impracticableness, impracticality, worthlessness
Derivation useless

Examples of uselessness

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I'm sure in 1977 you'd be complaining about the cost and uselessness of voyager.
From the economist.com
With the uselessness of pockets, the man-bag has become more relevant than ever.
From the smh.com.au
What little tuition is given is generally abstract to the point of uselessness.
From the eu.techcrunch.com
It is the uselessness of shops that drives it, lack of choice and availability.
From the guardian.co.uk
Isn't this irrational, and further evidence of the uselessness of economic theory?
From the economist.com
They are, on the whole, no better than the bankers in their greed and uselessness.
From the guardian.co.uk
The relentless uselessness of the London Underground beggars belief at times.
From the guardian.co.uk
They prove wonderfully effective at first, only to dwindle into uselessness.
From the economist.com
In that she uses the excess of her wealth to garner showiness for utter uselessness.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Inutility: the quality of having no practical use
  • (useless) having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
  • (Useless (album)) Useless is the debut EP by the nu metal music group Unloco. The EP was released on April 25, 2000 via Captiva Records. All the songs from this release appeared on the band's major label debut Healing (albeit re-mastered), with the song "I" changed to the title "Nothing".
  • (Useless (film)) Useless is a 2007 documentary film directed by Jia Zhangke. It is Jia's second full-length documentary film after 2006's Dong. The film follows China's fashion and clothing industry. ...
  • (Useless (song)) "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) Without use or possibility to be used; Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action); : (of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable; : (of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting
  • (Useless) is not the same as unuseful since such moves would not be effective under any condition.
  • (Useless) A privately used term among pastards to describe mentally ill sheople and victims of pastards
  • (Useless) remembering how many days there are in a year. /