useful
Origin of useful
1Other words for useful
Opposites for useful
Other words from useful
- use·ful·ly, adverb
- use·ful·ness, noun
- un·use·ful, adjective
- un·use·ful·ly, adverb
- un·use·ful·ness, noun
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How to use useful in a sentence
In the near-term, the task for Detroit city government is usefully simple: bring down the debt.
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Raises Questions That Go Far Beyond the City Limits | Stephen D. Eide | July 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThose journalists who wish to display their investigative talents more usefully should not ask what happened to Berezovsky.
Boris Berezovsky’s Dubious Legacy Lives On in the Kremlin | Garry Kasparov | April 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST(The queen and Rupert Murdoch might usefully follow his example).
Pope Benedict XVI’s Tenure Marred by Human-Rights Failures | Geoffrey Robertson | February 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's surprising how such a simple move – on view here in a piece called "On Over" – can still leave viewers usefully adrift.
These are both areas of inquiry, he says, that can be usefully explored in future research.
Depression Is Linked to Hyperconnectivity of Brain Regions, a New Study Shows | Casey Schwartz | February 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
This was fortunate, because he doubted if labor could be usefully employed upon the stones just yet.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossBut while so usefully and pleasantly employed they will soon learn to greet with less regret an occasional rainy day.
Little Folks | VariousMy little family, consisting of three persons, all of whom were usefully employed, was not expensive to support.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauThis being the case, it is of course true that the men and material would have been more usefully employed in the Peninsula.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeElma did not need the parasol as a shade, but it came in very usefully as a plaything in moments of embarrassment.
Flaming June | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
British Dictionary definitions for useful
/ (ˈjuːsfʊl) /
able to be used advantageously, beneficially, or for several purposes; helpful or serviceable
informal commendable or capable: a useful term's work
Australian informal an odd-jobman or general factotum
Derived forms of useful
- usefully, adverb
- usefulness, noun
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