useless
US: /ˈjusɫəs/
UK: /jˈuːsləs/
UK: /jˈuːsləs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
useless /'ju:slis/
- tính từ
- vô ích, vô dụng; không dùng được
- useless efforts: những cố gắng vô ích
- (từ lóng) không khoẻ; không phấn khởi; vứt đi
- vô ích, vô dụng; không dùng được
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 ~ (to do sth)
~ (doing sth) 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 ~ (at doing sth) (informal) not very good at sth; not able to do things well: I'm useless at French. + Don't ask her to help. She's useless.
uselessly adverb: His arm hung uselessly at his side (= it was injured and he could not move it).
uselessness noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 ineffective, ineffectual, unserviceable, impractical, impracticable, unpractical, unavailing, vain, pointless, purposeless, idle, futile, unproductive, unsuccessful, impotent, effete, sterile, barren, abortive, unusable, bootless, worthless, Rare inutile:
The treatment that she tried was quite useless.
2 inefficient, incompetent, unproductive, ineffectual, ineffective, hopeless, inept:
My dachshund has proved totally useless as a watchdog.
Collocation dictionary
1 of no use
VERBS
be, feel, prove
Her efforts to avoid him proved useless.
| become | leave sth, make sth, render sth
The condition rendered her legs virtually useless.
| reject sth as
They rejected the designs as useless.
ADV.
bloody
(taboo)
| absolutely, completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly | worse than
A computer program with too many icons is worse than useless.
| all but, almost, practically, virtually | largely | fairly, pretty | equally
There are two manuals, both of them equally useless.
PREP.
as
A candle is practically useless as a light source.
| for
The land is useless for cattle.
| in
This drug is useless in the treatment of patients with Aids.
| to
The information was useless to him.
2 weak/not successful
VERBS
be
ADV.
bloody
(taboo)
| completely | pretty
PREP.
at
I'm pretty useless at this job.
Concise English dictionary
'juːslɪs
adj.
+having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
