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inutile adj.
unusable adj.
useless adj.

ADJECTIVE

inutile

Synonyms

WEAK

abortive bootless counterproductive disadvantageous dysfunctional expendable feckless fruitless futile good-for-nothing hopeless idle impracticable impractical incompetent ineffective ineffectual inept inoperative meaningless no good nonfunctional pointless profitless purposeless scrap stupid unavailable unavailing unfunctional unproductive unprofitable unpurposed unusable unusuable unworkable vain valueless waste weak worthless

ADJECTIVE

unusable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expendable futile idle impractical ineffective inoperative meaningless pointless unavailable unproductive unprofitable unworkable worthless

WEAK

abortive bootless counterproductive disadvantageous dysfunctional feckless fruitless good-for-nothing hopeless impracticable incompetent ineffectual inept inutile no good nonfunctional profitless purposeless scrap stupid unavailing unfunctional unpurposed unusuable vain valueless waste weak

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beneficial effective fruitful important meaningful productive profitable sensible useful valuable worthwhile

ADJECTIVE

useless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

counterproductive fruitless futile hopeless idle impractical incompetent ineffective ineffectual inoperative meaningless no good pointless stupid unproductive unworkable worthless

WEAK

abortive bootless disadvantageous dysfunctional expendable feckless good-for-nothing impracticable inept inutile nonfunctional profitless purposeless scrap unavailable unavailing unfunctional unprofitable unpurposed unusuable vain valueless waste weak

Antonyms

STRONGEST

effective fruitful hopeful meaningful productive profitable sensible useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

helpful usable working

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of no use

"The old one is of no use anymore."

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

"If I lived by myself, maybe even a bit in isolation, it would be of no use to me," he said back then.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025

Those seedlings were of no use in the mountainous and coastal West, with its cedars, firs and Ponderosa pines.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

The Clippers’ tendencies would be of no use to Jimmy Butler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

No, she said, there was no point in calling the police: the missing items were small things, of sentimental value, and of no use to anyone but herself.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

of no use

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