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use·less
 useless
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- pronunciation:
- yus
lihs
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having no good or practical purpose.
It is useless to try to move all this furniture when we're so tired.- synonyms:
- aimless, worthless
- antonyms:
- beneficial, helpful, profitable, useful, valuable
- similar words:
- idle, impractical, vain, waste
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| related words: |
bad, bum, dead, empty, needless |
| derivations: |
uselessly (adv.), uselessness (n.) |
The word useless
contains the following parts:
us, ut, util
Latin
root
that means use
  Example words:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, breathless, careless, countless, doubtless, endless, fearless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, penniless, priceless, regardless, restless, sightless, tasteless, thoughtless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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