uselessness

use·less  (ysls)

adj.

1. Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.

2. Incapable of functioning or assisting; ineffectual: He panics easily and is useless in an emergency. See Synonyms at futile.

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useless·ly adv.

useless·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

uselessness - the quality of having no practical use inutility, unusefulness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare futility - uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result worthlessness - the quality of being without practical use impracticality - concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use impracticability, impracticableness - the quality of not being usable usefulness, utility - the quality of being of practical use

Translations

uselessness [ˈjuːslɪsnɪs] N (= ineffectualness) → inutilidad f; (= pointlessness) → lo inútil

uselessness [ˈjuːsləsnɪs] n

[object, machine, information] → inutilité f

(= futility) → inutilité f

uselessness

n

(= worthlessness) → Nutzlosigkeit f; (of sth unusable) → Unbrauchbarkeit f; (of person) → Nutzlosigkeit f; (of teacher, manager, player) → Unbrauchbarkeit f; (of school) → Untauglichkeit f; (of remedy) → Unwirksamkeit f

(= pointlessness) → Zwecklosigkeit f, → Sinnlosigkeit f