uselessness

Example Sentences

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During the Fukushima reactor cleanup in 2011, Packbots could maneuver through buildings that were filled with tsunami-driven rubble; a humanoid robot with two legs would have been stymied into uselessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Sankey said he talked backstage about the uselessness of neckties during media days in Atlanta a year ago.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Expounding a personal philosophy of honor and its uselessness in “L’onore! Ladri!”

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

That realization expanded into an existential uselessness throughout the day.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2023

Her voice, as she reopened the hall door, dropped even further into uselessness, listless and barren.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick