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useless

[yoos-lis] / ˈyus lɪs /


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Speaking on his podcast, The Useless Hotline Podcast, he said: "I had a pinched nerve all week in my back. I had acupuncture."

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

In the episode “The Useless Hand,” Dot’s burgeoning bravery reaches a dramatic high point.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

The hour's title is drawn from Booth's reported last words: "Useless, useless, useless," he is said to have mumbled while staring at his hands.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2024

Useless to people, most thorn scrub has been removed as agriculture, urbanization and the border wall consume much of southern Texas’s landscape.

From Scientific American • Sep. 4, 2023

“With his uncle. Useless man. Off his nut, as they say.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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