prove useless
Frequency: 6.88.5 per million words
to be shown to be ineffective over time or after being tested
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Examples (10)
- Her efforts to avoid him proved useless.
- All their attempts to fix the old machine proved useless.
- Without proper funding, the project will prove useless.
- The security measures proved useless against the sophisticated attack.
- Even the most advanced technology can prove useless if not used correctly.
- His repeated warnings proved useless as the crisis unfolded.
- The emergency brake proved useless due to a manufacturing defect.
- They hoped the new policy would work, but it quickly proved useless.
- Despite their best intentions, the old methods proved useless in the modern context.
- If the initial analysis proves useless, we'll have to start over.