useless
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But it had a severe weakness rendering it useless, said the manager of the security company that has occupied it since the 1990s.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The appendix, once considered a completely useless evolutionary left-over, is now thought to have minor immune functions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
What remains that haven’t been scavenged have decomposed to the point where DNA analysis is difficult and all but useless in Gaza, where there are no functioning laboratories able to test and compare samples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"But now you need to understand marketing, management, internet traffic," he said, adding that without those, even good technique "is useless".
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
We’d be more OK on time if she’d scraped her hair into a ponytail and skipped the makeup, but that’s a useless thought to have when we’re less than thirty minutes out from exam time.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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