useless

adjective38 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.7
completely useless8.2
totally useless8.1
absolutely useless8.0
quite useless7.8
utterly useless7.6
entirely useless7.5
almost useless7.2
virtually useless7.0
wholly useless6.9
practically useless6.9
nearly useless6.8
worse than useless6.7

actively harmful or counterproductive

essentially useless6.6
basically useless6.5
pretty useless6.4
mostly useless6.3
largely useless6.1
rather useless6.0
fairly useless5.9
all but useless5.8
equally useless5.7

useless to the same degree as something else

seemingly useless5.5

appearing to be useless, but perhaps not

be useless8.5

to have no use or effect

feel useless7.0

to perceive oneself as having no purpose or value

prove useless6.8

to be shown to be ineffective over time or after being tested

become useless6.5

to change to a state of being of no use

make sth useless6.2
render sth useless6.0
be useless6.0

weak or not successful

leave sth useless5.0
useless to7.1

indicates the person or entity for whom something is useless

useless for7.0

indicates the purpose or activity for which something is useless

useless at6.8

indicates a skill or activity that someone is bad at

useless in6.5

indicates the context or situation where something is useless

useless as6.2

used for comparison to show in what function something is useless

Collocations with "useless"