English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-useless.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective
en-adj
- Without use or possibility to be used.
- slang: (of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
#:My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.
#:Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.
#: After trying in vain to find something useful, I gave up, deciding it was useless.
Antonyms
- useful
Synonyms
not skillful, unskillful
Translations
trans-top|without use
Basque: baliogabe, ezgai, hutsal
Bulgarian: безполезен m
Catalan: inútil
CJKV Characters: �
Dutch: nutteloos, nutteloze
Finnish: hyödytön, tarpeeton, kelvoton, turha
French: inutile
German: nutzlos
trans-mid
Hawaiian: unicode|waiwai ʻole, makehewa, unicode|ʻole wale
Ido: neutila
Irish: gan mhaith
Kurdish: KUchar|ب� س��د, KUchar|ب� ک��ڵک
Latin: inutilis
Pitjantjatjara: kura, unicode|u�a
Polish: niepotrzebny m, bezużyteczny m
Russian: RUchar|бе�полезн�й m, RUchar|нен�жн�й m, RUchar|ник��мн�й (sl. "good-for-nothing") m
Spanish: inútil
trans-bottom
trans-top|unable to do well
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ب� ک��ڵک, KUchar|����پ��
trans-bottom
fa:useless
fr:useless
io:useless
it:useless
ku:useless
ja:useless
ru:useless
fi:useless
te:useless
vi:useless
zh:useless
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