English-Thai Dictionary

useless

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ มีประโยชน์  ซึ่ง เปล่าประโยชน์  ไร้ประโยชน์  ใช้การไม่ได้  worthless unusable useful sueng-mai-mi-pra-yod

 

useless

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ได้ผล  ซึ่ง ไม่ ประสบผลสำเร็จ  ineffective efficient sueng-mai-dai-pon

 

uselessly

ADV อย่าง ไม่ มีประโยชน์  vainly yang-mai-mi-pra-yod

 

uselessness

N การ ที่ ไม่ สามารถ ใช้ได้  workability usefulness kan-ti-mai-sa-mad-chai-dai

 

uselessness

N การ ไม่ ประสบผลสำเร็จ  failure usefulness kan-mai-pra-sob-pon-sam-red

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

USELESS

a.Having no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; as a useless garment; useless pity.

 

USELESSLY

adv. In a useless manner; without profit or advantage.

 

USELESSNESS

n.Unserviceableness; unfitness for any valuable purpose, or for the purpose intended; as the uselessness of pleasure.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

USELESS

USELESS Use "less, a.

 

Defn: 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. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous. Milton.

 

Syn. -- Fruitless; ineffectual. -- Useless, Fruitless, Ineffectual. We speak of an attempt, effort, etc. , as being useless when there are in it inherent difficulties which forbid the hope of success, as fruitless when it fails, not from any such difficulties, but from some unexpected hindrance arising to frustrate it; as, the design was rendered fruitless by the death of its projector. Ineffectual nearly resembles fruitless, but implies a failure of a less hopeless character; as, after several ineffectual efforts, I at last succeeded. Useless are all words Till you have writ "performance " with your swords. The other is for waiving. Beau. & Fl. Waiving all searches into antiquity, in relation to this controversy, as being either needless or fruitless. Waterland. Even our blessed Savior's preaching, who spake as never man spake, was ineffectual to many. Bp. Stillingfleet.-- Use "less *ly, adv. -- Use "less *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

useless

use less |ˈyo͞osləs ˈjusləs | ▶adjective not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome: a piece of useless knowledge | we tried to pacify him, but it was useless. • informal having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area: he was useless at football. DERIVATIVES use less ly adverb, use less ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

useless

use |less |ˈjuːslɪs | ▶adjective not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome: a piece of useless knowledge | we tried to pacify him but it was useless. • informal having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area: he was useless at football. DERIVATIVES uselessly adverb, uselessness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

useless

useless adjective 1 useless attempts: futile, to no avail, (in ) vain, pointless, to no purpose, unavailing, hopeless, ineffectual, ineffective, to no effect, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive; archaic bootless. ANTONYMS useful, beneficial. 2 useless machines: unusable, broken, kaput, defunct, dud, faulty. 3 informal he was a useless worker: incompetent, inept, ineffective, incapable, unemployable, inadequate, hopeless, no-account, bad; informal pathetic. ANTONYMS competent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

useless

useless adjective 1 it was useless to try | a piece of useless knowledge: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain, to no purpose, to no avail, unavailing, bootless, nugatory, hopeless, unusable, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive, unachievable, Sisyphean; unworkable, broken, kaput, unserviceable; informal junky; rare inutile. ANTONYMS useful, beneficial. 2 informal he was useless at his job: incompetent, ineffective, worthless, ineffectual, incapable, inept, inadequate, hopeless, weak, bad, no good; informal bum, a dead loss. ANTONYMS competent, effective.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

useless

use less /júːsləs /〖use (有用 )less (を欠く )〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 【物 事に /人に 】役に立たない , 無用な «for /to » ; (体の一部が )機能しない (↔useful )▸ useless information 無用な情報 ▸ That small bag is useless for travel (ing ).その小さなかばんでは旅行には役に立たない ▸ The data is completely [totally ] useless to me .そのデータは私にはまったく役立たない ▸ worse than useless 〈人 物が 〉まったく役に立たなくていらいらする 2 比較なし むだな , 無益な ▸ It is useless to ask [asking ] for help .助けを求めてもむだだ 3 ｟くだけて ｠ «…が » 下手 [苦手 ]な, 何もできない «at » ▸ I'm utterly useless at skiing .私はスキーは全然だめだ ～ly 副詞 むだに .～ness 名詞 U むだ, 無用, 無益 .