uselessness
Example Sentences
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Tired of my uselessness in the kitchen, my Nonna reached out to a local restaurant owner-chef and asked that she allow her grandson the opportunity to receive some formal training in her restaurant.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Sankey said he talked backstage about the uselessness of neckties during media days in Atlanta a year ago.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Guggenheim donned a crown rimmed with forks, an allusion to the uselessness of cutlery in a time of little food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Other passages were so full of confusing, convoluted words that she ground her teeth at her own uselessness and skipped to something simpler.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
