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useless

[yoos-lis] / ˈjus lɪs /


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He also worries about feeling useless on the ground and even making the rescue effort "more problematic".

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

But besides being basically useless, each show asks the same questions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Now I watch it burn on a screen from a soft chair, an ocean and a lifetime away, useless.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

"She had all this amazing data, but there was no translation to what it meant on the ground, so it was kind of useless," he explains.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

I wanted to argue but knew that it was useless.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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