useless
adjective
of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile.
uselessness
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a word derived from
useless.
Example Sentences
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Tired of my uselessness in the kitchen, my Nonna reached out to a local restaurant owner-chef and asked that she allow her grandson the opportunity to receive some formal training in her restaurant.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
The thing I love about poetry is its uselessness, the way it is, with a few exceptions, superfluous to capital, difficult to commodify, gratuitous in its insistence on avowing that which has been marked valueless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Sankey said he talked backstage about the uselessness of neckties during media days in Atlanta a year ago.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
It doesn’t make sense, and I could scream with the frustration of it, the not knowing, the uselessness of my own brain.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
