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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitor |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, aspirant, battler, candidate, challenger, combatant, contender, contester, dark horse, disputant, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, scrapper, team member, warrior |
| 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: | 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: | 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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