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useless
adjective as in not working; not valuable
Strongest matches
counterproductive, fruitless, futile, hopeless, idle, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, meaningless, no good, pointless, stupid, unproductive, unworkable, worthless
Weak matches
abortive, bootless, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, good-for-nothing, impracticable, inept, inutile, nonfunctional, of no use, profitless, purposeless, scrap, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unprofitable, unpurposed, unusuable, vain, valueless, waste, weak
Example Sentences
Initial reports about Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales revenue are useless as a guide for stock investors on how retailers will fare over this holiday season.
But just because a medicine or vaccine can be profitable does not mean it’s useless.
This colossal waste has enormous economic costs and renders useless all the water and resources used to grow the food.
They had no idea of the danger they were in, and here she was, useless, half a world away!
Penelope crumpled the useless form behind her back.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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