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as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
a garage full of useless junk
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as in futile
producing no results
a useless attempt to reach an agreement
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Recent Examples of useless
While most understood the problem, none of them seemed to have a clear solution and conversations often resulted in useless finger-pointing.
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Kelly Stuart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
If left unchecked, model collapse may create a reality in which LLMs become increasingly useless, producing ever more repetitive and less meaningful content.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Encryption serves as a critical line of defense by rendering intercepted data useless to unauthorized parties.
—Srikanth Bellamkonda, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Because of this, even areas that are just open fields between pockets of good whitetail habitat, or a stand of mature timber that’s largely useless at this time, might provide medium- to long-range travel routes.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
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In regions where extending traditional power lines is costly or impractical, solar microgrids offer a viable, scalable alternative.—
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These trees provide good wildlife value, so their removal may be both undesirable and impractical, especially since spores can travel on the wind for quite a distance.—
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Impeachment of judges, however, is widely seen as a futile endeavor on Capitol Hill.—
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The confrontation ends in an electric if futile horse chase.—
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Eventually, the battery becomes unusable and typically dies by its 2,000th charge cycle, even as its internal components remain in good shape.—
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The once clear canals flowing into the Bay are now unusable by several residents’ standards.—
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Last year, Harry’s legal action against the Home Office was unsuccessful and the court initially refused him permission to appeal.—
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June became hopeful that the American rescue mission would lead to a reunion with her daughter, but that was unsuccessful.—
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If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.—
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Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.—
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“Useless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/useless. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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