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as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
a garage full of useless junk
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as in futile
producing no results
a useless attempt to reach an agreement
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Recent Examples of useless
While most understood the problem, none of them seemed to have a clear solution and conversations often resulted in useless finger-pointing.
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Kelly Stuart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
If left unchecked, model collapse may create a reality in which LLMs become increasingly useless, producing ever more repetitive and less meaningful content.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Encryption serves as a critical line of defense by rendering intercepted data useless to unauthorized parties.
—Srikanth Bellamkonda, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Because of this, even areas that are just open fields between pockets of good whitetail habitat, or a stand of mature timber that’s largely useless at this time, might provide medium- to long-range travel routes.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Stuart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
If left unchecked, model collapse may create a reality in which LLMs become increasingly useless, producing ever more repetitive and less meaningful content.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Encryption serves as a critical line of defense by rendering intercepted data useless to unauthorized parties.
—Srikanth Bellamkonda, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Because of this, even areas that are just open fields between pockets of good whitetail habitat, or a stand of mature timber that’s largely useless at this time, might provide medium- to long-range travel routes.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for useless
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Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Blockchain might revolutionize insurance claim processing while proving impractical for emergency communications.—
Chloe Demrovsky,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Impeachment of judges, however, is widely seen as a futile endeavor on Capitol Hill.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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The confrontation ends in an electric if futile horse chase.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
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The first approach provides access to data and services that would otherwise be unusable.—
Garri Galanter,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The sheer number of Starlink satellites also increases the risk of collisions in orbit, threatening not only the safety of spaceflight but potentially triggering a cascade of collisions known as the Kessler syndrome, rendering certain orbits unusable.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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June became hopeful that the American rescue mission would lead to a reunion with her daughter, but that was unsuccessful.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Last year, Harry’s legal action against the Home Office was unsuccessful and the court initially refused him permission to appeal.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.—
Kyle Martin,
The Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Useless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/useless. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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