Definitions for useless

useless use·less

Spelling: [yoos-lis]
IPA: /ˈyus lɪs/

Useless is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in useless (eelsssu).

Definitions for useless

adjective

  1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile:
  2. without useful qualities; of no practical good:

Origin of useless

First recorded in 1585-95; use + -less

Examples for useless

In another generation, it will be useless, leading visitors straight into a pillar.

Dark pictures and gloomy forebodings are worse than useless.

“My insurance, even though I finally got it, was useless,” she said.

He had no plea for himself; he saw that it would be useless.

Khamenei said that negotiations with America had been “useless.”

Sir, it is a useless piece of furniture to me; I do not understand these things.

Most people could agree on whether a given configuration of materials is a functioning vehicle or a useless set of parts.

But policies and cheap raw materials are useless if businesses fail to take advantage of them.

I knew how useless it was, and I remembered that he himself had armed me for my protection.

But it was useless to think of this, with even the General suggesting a bodyguard.

Word Value for useless
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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