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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: | useless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; not valuable |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | helpful, usable, useful, valuable, working, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incommodious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inconvenient |
| Synonyms: | annoying, awkward, cumbersome, detrimental, difficult, disadvantageous, discommoding, discommodious, disturbing, embarrassing, inexpedient, inopportune, pestiferous, prejudicial, remote, tiresome, troublesome, unhandy, unmanageable, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unwieldy, vexatious |
| 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: | unadvantageous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfavorable |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, calamitous, contrary, damaging, destructive, disadvantageous, discommodious, hostile, ill, ill-advised, improper, inadvisable, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, infelicitous, inimical, inopportune, late, low, malapropos, negative, objectionable, ominous, opposed, poor, regrettable, tardy, threatening, troublesome, unfit, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious, unsatisfactory, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuited, untimely, untoward, wrong |
| 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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