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1 uselessness
['juːslɪsnɪs]1) (of object, machine, effort, information) inutilità f.2) BE colloq. (of person) incompetenza f.* * *uselessness► useless* * *['juːslɪsnɪs]1) (of object, machine, effort, information) inutilità f.2) BE colloq. (of person) incompetenza f. -
2 futility
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3 ♦ useless
♦ useless /ˈju:sləs/a.1 inutile: a useless attempt, un tentativo inutile; This machine is useless, questa macchina è inservibile; All their efforts to save her proved useless, tutti i loro sforzi per salvarla si sono rivelati inutili; It's useless complaining, it won't solve your problem, lamentarsi non serve, non ti risolverà il problema2 incapace; inetto: He's totally useless, è un vero incapace; a useless idiot, un perfetto idiota; to be useless at st. [doing st.], essere negato per qc. [per fare qc.]: He's useless at maths, è negato per la matematica3 ( di parte del corpo) fuori uso; inutilizzabile: My right eye is practically useless, il mio occhio destro è praticamente fuori uso● to be worse than useless!, essere peggio che inutile: Some of their suggestions were worse than useless, alcuni dei loro suggerimenti erano peggio che inutili □ to feel useless, sentirsi un fallitouselesslyavv.inutilmente; invanouselessnessn. [u]inutilità.
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uselessness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of utility Nouns 1. uselessness, inutility; inefficacy, futility; impracticableness, im practicality; inefficiency, impotence; worthlessness, vanity, inanity, unimportance. See unskillfulness,… … English dictionary for students
uselessness — useless ► ADJECTIVE 1) serving no purpose. 2) informal having little ability or skill. DERIVATIVES uselessly adverb uselessness noun … English terms dictionary
Uselessness — Useless Use less, a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. [1913 Webster] Not to sit idle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
uselessness — noun see useless … New Collegiate Dictionary
uselessness — See uselessly. * * * … Universalium
uselessness — noun the quality of being useless … Wiktionary
uselessness — Synonyms and related words: bankruptcy, bootlessness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, defeat, failure, fatuity, futility, ill success, impoliticalness, impoliticness, inadvisability, inanity, inappropriateness, inaptitude, incongruity … Moby Thesaurus
uselessness — use·less·ness || juËslɪsnɪs n. state of not being beneficial … English contemporary dictionary
uselessness — use·less·ness … English syllables
uselessness — See: useless … English dictionary
uselessness — noun the quality of having no practical use (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑inutility, ↑unusefulness • Ant: ↑usefulness, ↑utility (for: ↑inutility) … Useful english dictionary