See useless on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "skillful"
},
{
"word": "useful"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "useless as tits on a boar hog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "useless as tits on a bull"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "useless eater"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "uselessly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "uselessness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "use",
"3": "less"
},
"expansion": "use + -less",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From use + -less.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more useless",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "uselesser",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most useless",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "uselessest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "more",
"2": "er"
},
"expansion": "useless (comparative more useless or uselesser, superlative most useless or uselessest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53:",
"text": "I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Without use or possibility to be used."
],
"id": "en-useless-en-adj-CTAcuzmX",
"links": [
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "unusable"
},
{
"word": "unutilizable"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕadīmu l-fāʔidati",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "عَدِيمُ الْفَائِدَةِ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anōgut",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "անօգուտ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anpetkʻ",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "անպետք"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "baliogabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ezgai"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "hutsal"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjeskarýsny",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "бескары́сны"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpolézen",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "безполе́зен"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "walay gamit"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁵ jung⁶",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "冇用"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "無用"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúyòng",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "无用"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "zbytečný"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ubrugelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nutteloos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "onbruikbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "senutila"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tarbetu"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "hyödytön"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tarpeeton"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "turha"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "kelvoton"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "käyttökelvoton"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutilisable"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "usargeblo",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "უსარგებლო"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nutzlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unnützlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unnütz"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "wertlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "sinnlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unnuts",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áchristos",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "άχρηστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akhreîos",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ἀχρεῖος"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ákhrēstos",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ἄχρηστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "waiwai ʻole"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "makehewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥasar to'elet",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "חֲסַר תוֹעֶלֶת"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bekār",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "बेकार"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nirarthak",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "निरर्थक"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "gagnslaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tidak berguna"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "kelpaamatoin"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inusabile"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "gan mhaith"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"alt": "むような",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muyō-na",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "無用な"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "āchú"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "muyonghada",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "무용하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sseulmoga eopda",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "쓸모가 없다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soyongga eopda",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "소용가 없다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bê sûd",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بێ سوود"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bê kellk",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بێ کەڵک"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inūtilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nekoristen",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "некористен"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tidak berguna"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "innutile"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unyttig"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ubrukelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unnytt"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "be kâra",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بې کاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "daugeniksich"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nutzlooss"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "niepotrzebny"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "bezużyteczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "imprestável"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "netrebuincios"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nefolositor"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoléznyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenúžnyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "нену́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "good-for-nothing",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nikčómnyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "никчёмный"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "viphala",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "विफल"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "gun fheum"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бескористан"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "beskoristan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "zbytočný"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nekoristen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "oanvändbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "obrukbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "faydasız"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nekorýsnyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "некори́сний"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "be-kār",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بے کار"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "fazūl",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "فضول"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "vô dụng"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "umnitslekh",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "אומניצלעך"
}
]
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"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "useless as tits on a boar hog"
},
{
"word": "useless as tits on a bull"
},
{
"word": "useless eater"
},
{
"word": "uselessly"
},
{
"word": "uselessness"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "use",
"3": "less"
},
"expansion": "use + -less",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From use + -less.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more useless",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "uselesser",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most useless",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "uselessest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "more",
"2": "er"
},
"expansion": "useless (comparative more useless or uselesser, superlative most useless or uselessest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53:",
"text": "I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Without use or possibility to be used."
],
"links": [
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "unusable"
},
{
"word": "unutilizable"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a brick wall.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless. He now smokes six packs a day.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action)."
],
"links": [
[
"Unhelpful",
"unhelpful"
],
[
"useful",
"useful"
],
[
"pointless",
"pointless"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Good-for-nothing; not dependable."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Good-for-nothing",
"good-for-nothing"
],
[
"dependable",
"dependable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting."
],
"links": [
[
"Unable",
"unable"
],
[
"do",
"do"
],
[
"well",
"well"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuːs.ləs/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-useless.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/En-us-useless.ogg/En-us-useless.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/En-us-useless.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːsləs"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "good-for-nothing",
"word": "good-for-nothing"
},
{
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "unskillful"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕadīmu l-fāʔidati",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "عَدِيمُ الْفَائِدَةِ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anōgut",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "անօգուտ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anpetkʻ",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "անպետք"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "baliogabe"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ezgai"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "hutsal"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjeskarýsny",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "бескары́сны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpolézen",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "безполе́зен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "walay gamit"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁵ jung⁶",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "冇用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "無用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúyòng",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "无用"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "zbytečný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ubrugelig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nutteloos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "onbruikbaar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "senutila"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tarbetu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "hyödytön"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tarpeeton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "turha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "kelvoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "käyttökelvoton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutilisable"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "usargeblo",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "უსარგებლო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nutzlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unnützlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unnütz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "wertlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "sinnlos"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "unnuts",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áchristos",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "άχρηστος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akhreîos",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ἀχρεῖος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ákhrēstos",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ἄχρηστος"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "waiwai ʻole"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "makehewa"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥasar to'elet",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "חֲסַר תוֹעֶלֶת"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bekār",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "बेकार"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nirarthak",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "निरर्थक"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "gagnslaus"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tidak berguna"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "kelpaamatoin"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inusabile"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "gan mhaith"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"alt": "むような",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muyō-na",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "無用な"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "āchú"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "muyonghada",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "무용하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sseulmoga eopda",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "쓸모가 없다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soyongga eopda",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "소용가 없다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bê sûd",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بێ سوود"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bê kellk",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بێ کەڵک"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inūtilis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nekoristen",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "некористен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "tidak berguna"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "innutile"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unyttig"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "ubrukelig"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutil"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "unnytt"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "be kâra",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بې کاره"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "daugeniksich"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nutzlooss"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "niepotrzebny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "bezużyteczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "imprestável"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inutil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "netrebuincios"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nefolositor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoléznyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenúžnyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "нену́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "good-for-nothing",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nikčómnyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "никчёмный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "viphala",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "विफल"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "gun fheum"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бескористан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "beskoristan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "zbytočný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "nekoristen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "oanvändbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "obrukbar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "faydasız"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nekorýsnyj",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "некори́сний"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "be-kār",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "بے کار"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "fazūl",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "فضول"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "vô dụng"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "umnitslekh",
"sense": "without use or possibility to be used",
"word": "אומניצלעך"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezsmislen",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "безсмислен"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "walay gamit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "meningsløs"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "turha"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "sinnlos"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mátaios",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "μάταιος"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "makehewa"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "arthahīn",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "अर्थहीन"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "percuma"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "sia-sia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "āchú"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "cassus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "dìomhain"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "meningslös"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "unhelpful, pointless",
"word": "ไม่มีประโยชน์"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "negoden",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "негоден"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "walay gamit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "waardeloos"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "hyödytön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "bon à rien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "unnütz"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kuṭil",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "कुटिल"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "brengsek"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "inutile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "buono a nulla"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "imprestável"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "hopplös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "good-for-nothing, not dependable",
"word": "oduglig"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "bala"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "banga"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "冇鬼用"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "unyttig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "onneton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "kelvoton"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "unnütz"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áchristos",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "άχρηστος"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "payah"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "negato"
},
{
"alt": "な",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "下手"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bê kellk",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "بێ کەڵک"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "hîçupuç",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "ھیچوپوچ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "unyttig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "ubrukelig"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "be kâra",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "بې کاره"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "péssimo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoléznyj",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "good-for-nothing",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nikčómnyj",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "никчёмный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "gun fheum"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to do well",
"word": "negado"
}
],
"word": "useless"
}
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