have no use for

1. Not require something, as in I don't smoke, so I have no use for a lighter . [c. 1600]

2. Dislike something or someone, as in I have no use for people who won't answer letters . [Second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

For that reason, dictators have no use for it.

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They leave things growing that they have no use for, just for the habitat.

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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.

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But Marie — this was Aria’s idea — takes her cane, and slides it under her jacket to hide it because she’s heard that the Nazis have no use for anyone who is different.

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But Mr. Pence appears to have no use for statistical analysis.

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