useful
Americanadjective
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being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect.
a useful member of society.
- Synonyms:
- beneficial, efficacious, profitable
- Antonyms:
- useless
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of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results; supplying common needs.
the useful arts; useful work.
- Synonyms:
- beneficial, efficacious, profitable
- Antonyms:
- useless
adjective
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able to be used advantageously, beneficially, or for several purposes; helpful or serviceable
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informal commendable or capable
a useful term's work
noun
Other Word Forms
- unuseful adjective
- unusefully adverb
- unusefulness noun
- usefully adverb
- usefulness noun
Etymology
Origin of useful
Example Sentences
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The entrepreneur who creates jobs, builds useful products and raises living standards serves the country in a real way.
But some help from Japan’s friends would be useful.
While trading in the fund can be relatively thin, it still provides a useful gauge of conditions for recently public companies.
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Models are useful, he said, but they cannot make decisions.
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