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useless [Brit ˈjuːsləs, Am ˈjusləs] ADJ

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1. useless (not helpful):

useless object, machine, information

it's useless to do or doing

il est inutile de faire

2. useless (not able to be used):

useless object, limb

3. useless (incompetent) inf:

useless person

incapable, nul/nulle inf

to be useless at sth/doing

être nul en qc/pour (ce qui est de) faire

he's a useless cook/driver

il ne vaut rien comme cuisinier/conducteur

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to describe sb as an idiot/sth as useless

qualifier qn d'idiot/qc d'inutile

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useless

tu n'es pas bien dégourdi!

you're useless!

il est vraiment pas démerdard

he's bloody useless sl

inutile objet, développement

useless

useless

se sentir inutile

to feel useless

nase personne, objet

useless

ne rien savoir faire de ses dix doigts

to be useless, to be good for nothing

à la gomme inf pej idée, personne

pathetic, useless

à la gomme renseignement, machine, invention

useless

nul (nulle) personne, élève

hopeless, useless

elle est complètement nulle

she's completely hopeless ou useless

il est trop nul pour ce travail

he's too useless for the job

c'est un nul

he's completely useless

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useless ADJ

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1. useless (futile):

useless

2. useless (unusable):

useless

3. useless inf (incompetent):

useless

useless at sth

être nul en qc

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être nullard en anglais

to be useless in English

être d'une parfaite nullité

to be completely useless [or hopeless]

(useless) papers pl

inutilisable

useless

useless

se sentir inutile

to feel useless

the useless

useless creature

useless

useless at sth

être nul en qc

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Failing this, it must be assumed that desensitized nitroglycerin is substantially more difficult to detonate, possibly rendering it useless as an explosive for practical application. en.wikipedia.org

Sea walls can cause beaches to dissipate, rendering them useless for beach goers. en.wikipedia.org

While the two are arguing the primary generator breaks down, rendering it useless and the 4077th in the dark with no means of electrical power. en.wikipedia.org

Most of his gadgets are useless and/or dangerous, such as the digging machine fueled by monsters' power. en.wikipedia.org

A single graphic scale, of the sort on many maps, would therefore be useless on such a chart. en.wikipedia.org

Their first attempts are useless, but then they steal a man's briefcase, believing it to be full of treasure. en.wikipedia.org

Another epidemic destroyed most of the silkworms there, too, making the fields of mulberry trees useless. en.wikipedia.org

She was 32 years old, still had many years of empty and useless. en.wikipedia.org

They perform gruesome experiments using living persons, especially when they consider those persons useless. en.wikipedia.org

The helmet and suit are both useless without one another. en.wikipedia.org

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