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Useless

/ˈjuːsləs/
Of no practical value or not useful in achieving a specific objective or purpose.

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Examples:

This old phone is useless now.His advice was useless in that situation.

Etymology:

etymology
Late 16th century from the word use (meaning utilizing something for a purpose) combined with the suffix -less denoting absence, to imply a lack of utility.

Usage Statistics:

13 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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