All useless synonyms
useΒ·less
U u adj useless
- defeasible β (of an estate or interest in land) capable of being defeated or rendered void
- characterless β If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- impractical β not practical or useful.
- butterfingered β a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- irrecoverable β incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- meaningless β without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- futile β incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- castoff β thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- irredeemable β not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- doublespeak β evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- cliched β If you describe something as clichΓ©d, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- dissatisfactory β causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
- discarded β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- come to an end β to become completed or exhausted
- desperate β If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- anticlimactic β of, having, or like an anticlimax
- beyond recall β If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- feckless β ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing.
- grotty β seedy; wretched; dirty.
- acarpous β (of plants) producing no fruit
- goner β a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- in vain β excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- infeasible β not feasible; impracticable.
- crappy β If you describe something as crappy, you think it is of very poor quality. Many people consider this word offensive.
- ineffective β not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- in the soup β a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- in-effective β not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- commiserable β worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- fruitless β useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
- impossible β not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- ill-equipped β badly or inadequately equipped: an ill-equipped army.
- barren β A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- anti-climactic β of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
adjective useless
- aimless β A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
- nonviable β not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- zipper β Also called slide fastener. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
- forceless β Without force.
- noncompulsory β Not compulsory.
- junked β Simple past tense and past participle of junk.
- nugatory β of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- worthless β without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- lousy β infested with lice.
- null β without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- goalless β the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- inexecutable β That cannot be executed or carried out.
- kaput β ruined; done for; demolished.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- dud β a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.