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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmful, undermining |
| Synonyms: | bad, biased, bigoted, counterproductive, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, differential, disadvantageous, discriminatory, evil, hurtful, inimical, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, unfavorable, unjust |
| Antonyms: | approving, fair, just, unbiased |
| Main Entry: | worthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no use; without value |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abject, barren, base, bogus, cheap, contemptible, counterproductive, despicable, empty, futile, good-for-nothing, ignoble, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, inutile, meaningless, mediocre, miserable, no-account, no-good, nothing, nugatory, paltry, pointless, poor, profitless, sterile, trashy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unessential, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, unusable, useless, valueless, waste, wretched |
| Antonyms: | valuable, worthwhile, worthy |
| Main Entry: | counteractive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nullifying |
| Synonyms: | checking, counter to, countering, counterproductive, interfering, opposite |
| Main Entry: | inutile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inoperative, meaningless, no good, nonfunctional, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, scrap, stupid*, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unusable, unusuable, unworkable, vain, valueless, waste, weak, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | no-account |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abject, barren, base, bogus*, cheap, contemptible, counterproductive, despicable, drossy, empty, futile, good-for-nothing, ignoble, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, inutile, meaningless, mediocre, miserable, no-good, nothing, nugatory, paltry, pointless, poor, profitless, sterile, trashy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unessential, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, unusable, useless, valueless, waste, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | no-good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abject, barren, base, bogus*, cheap, contemptible, counterproductive, despicable, drossy, empty, futile, good-for-nothing, ignoble, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, inutile, meaningless, mediocre, miserable, no-account, nothing, nugatory, paltry, pointless, poor, profitless, sterile, trashy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unessential, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, unusable, useless, valueless, waste, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unusable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inoperative, inutile, meaningless, no good, nonfunctional, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, scrap, stupid*, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unusuable, unworkable, vain, valueless, waste, weak, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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