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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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Celestial navigation used a sextant built right into the cockpit but if the plane was wallowing at all, it was useless.
You can hardly enter or leave the Royal Garden Plaza without tripping over someone's junk or having useless articles thrust into your face.
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.
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.
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.

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