have no use for
Idioms-
Not require something, as in I don't smoke, so I have no use for a lighter . [c. 1600]
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Dislike something or someone, as in I have no use for people who won't answer letters . [Second half of 1800s]
Example Sentences
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“I have no use for a theoretic freedom,” Stravinsky declared.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The Maia rocket launching system will have no use for it.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
The difficult river routes could only have been traversed using small boats, and such small vessels would have no use for the “mooring stones,” as they would just be hauled ashore.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023
If you have no use for esoteric baseball minutia, turn the page and eat your cereal.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022
A gravely ill, bedridden Jenna would have no use for short red skirts or floppy flowered hats, or jewel-trimmed blouses, and that invalid picture had to be preserved for prying eyes.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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