Associations to the word «Useless»

Wiktionary

USELESS, adjective. Without use or possibility to be used.
USELESS, adjective. Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
USELESS, adjective. (pejorative) (of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable.
USELESS, adjective. (colloquial) (of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.

Dictionary definition

USELESS, adjective. Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats