uselessness

Example Sentences

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During the Fukushima reactor cleanup in 2011, Packbots could maneuver through buildings that were filled with tsunami-driven rubble; a humanoid robot with two legs would have been stymied into uselessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Sankey said he talked backstage about the uselessness of neckties during media days in Atlanta a year ago.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2023

That realization expanded into an existential uselessness throughout the day.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2023

She did not tell anyone about it because it would have been a public recognition of her uselessness.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez