useless

Example Sentences

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“If you develop a wonderful protocol,” she told Time, “it’s useless if nobody uses it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The illustration showed a cow proudly standing next to a strange collection of useless objects labeled as tools.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

They bounced back from the 17th-century revolution, when the Lords was abolished by a law that declared it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

An example of the aging beliefs that study participants were asked to review and rate was the phrase “The older I get, the more useless I feel.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Those useless bachelors, Mr. Hummer and Mr. Slammer, obviously provided little help in my absence.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan