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Adjective: useful  yoos-ful
  1. Being of use or service
    "a useful job"; "the girl felt motherly and useful";
    - utile
     
  2. Able to function usefully
    "useful steel tables";
    - utilitarian, practicable

See also: effective, effectual, efficacious, expedient, functional, handy, helpful, multipurpose, profitable, reclaimable, recyclable, reusable, serviceable, usable, useable, usefulness, utilisable [Brit], utilitarian, utility, utilizable

Antonym: useless

Encyclopedia: Useful

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used-car lot
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Usenet
user
user interface
user-friendliness
user-friendly