useless: Meaning and Definition of

use•less

Pronunciation: (ys'lis), [key]
— adj.
  1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
  2. without useful qualities; of no practical good: a useless person; a useless gadget.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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