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What does useless mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word useless? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Without use or possibility to be used.
  2. Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
  3. (pejorative) good-for-nothing; not dependable.
  4. (colloquial, of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
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I think the last time I wore a tie was March, and a watch is useless since your cell phone already has the time on it.
You think all this caterwauling about the deficit is just a bunch of useless jibber-jabber that will never go anywhere?
To him, she was a precious jewel among thousands of massive and useless rocks.
So a few weeks ago, the two astronauts who live there tossed out some useless junk, like so many old hubcaps for the trash heap.
Mr. X's drawing of the joint was not so much useless as directed at a different objective.
Most were thieves or assassins but others were there to make good money off of their useless junk.

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