useless

useless
use|less [ˈju:sləs] adj
1.) not useful or effective in any way
≠ ↑useful
The doctor concluded that further treatment would be useless.
a website full of useless information
virtually/completely/totally etc useless
Water had got into the radio, and now it was completely useless.
useless for
The land is useless for growing crops.
it is useless to do sth
It was useless to complain.
2.) informal unable or unwilling to do anything properly
Don't ask Tim to fix it. He's completely useless.
>uselessly adv
>uselessness n [U]

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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