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Adjective: useless  yoos-lus
  1. Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
    "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
     
  2. [informal] Lacking in power or forcefulness
    "an useless ruler";
    - ineffective, ineffectual, unable, wet [Brit, informal], pathetic, effete

See also: futile, impotent, ineffective, ineffectual, inutile, meaningless, otiose, unavailing, uneffective, unprofitable, unserviceable, unusable, unuseable, usefulness, utility

Antonym: useful

Encyclopedia: Useless