useless in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for useless in the English»French Dictionary

useless [Brit ˈjuːsləs, Am ˈjusləs] ADJ

1. useless (not helpful):

useless object, machine, information

inutile

it's useless to do or doing

il est inutile de faire

2. useless (not able to be used):

useless object, limb

inutilisable

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

Translations for useless in the French»English Dictionary

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nullissime

useless

tu n'es pas bien dégourdi!

you're useless!

il est vraiment pas démerdard

he's bloody useless sl

inutile objet, développement

useless

inutile

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

useless in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for useless in the English»French Dictionary

useless ADJ

1. useless (futile):

useless

inutile

2. useless (unusable):

useless

inutilisable

3. useless inf (incompetent):

useless

nul(le)

useless at sth

être nul en qc

Translations for useless in the French»English Dictionary

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être nullard en anglais

to be useless in English

être d'une parfaite nullité

to be completely useless [or hopeless]

paperasse

(useless) papers pl

inutilisable

useless

inutile

useless

se sentir inutile

to feel useless

l'inutile

the useless

inutile

useless creature

zéro

useless

useless Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

useless at sth

être nul en qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

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

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He claimed that architecture by nature is fundamentally useless, setting it apart from building.

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

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Furthermore, a successful attack on the shin results in that leg being rendered useless, greatly hampering one's ability to maneuver in any way.

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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.

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He tells them things about mitochondria that they find useless for their purposes.

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However, there are some cases when reading certain types of hardware registers is useless.

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Unfortunately, a fuse was blown, and the electrodes were useless.

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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.

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