Useless ˈjuːsləs Worrying Worse Adjective Bre Pen Knew

• this pen is useless.
• he knew it was useless to protest.
• it's useless worrying about it.
• the quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless.

useless

1. not useful; not doing or achieving what is needed or wanted
• This pen is useless.
• He knew it was useless to protest.
• It's useless worrying about it.
• The quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless.
• She tried to work, but it was useless (= she wasn't able to).
2. not very good at something; not able to do things well
• I'm useless at French.
• Don't ask her to help. She's useless.

Extra Examples

• A computer program with too many icons is worse than useless.
• Her efforts to avoid him proved useless.
• I’m pretty useless at this job.
• The condition rendered her legs virtually useless.
• The information was useless to him.
• The land is useless for cattle.
• There are two manuals, both of them equally useless.
• They rejected the designs as useless.
• This drug is useless in the treatment of patients with AIDS.
• Critics argued that the space programme was a useless waste of money.
• Don’t ask her to help. She’s useless.
• It’s useless worrying about it.
• The letter is useless as evidence.
• useless at football/your job/remembering names