See άχρηστος on Wiktionary
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"word": "χρήσιμος"
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"19": "άχρηστε (áchriste)",
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"english": "cause to be useless",
"roman": "archistévo",
"word": "αρχηστεύω"
},
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"roman": "achrístefsi",
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"english": "difficult to use, dysfunctional",
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"english": "easy to use",
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"word": "εύχρηστος"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "spurious",
"roman": "katachristikós",
"word": "καταχρηστικός"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "koinóchristos",
"word": "κοινόχρηστος"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "user",
"roman": "chrístis",
"tags": [
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],
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"roman": "christikós",
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"english": "pointless",
"roman": "mátaios",
"word": "μάταιος"
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"roman": "chrísi",
"sense": "and see",
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}
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"english": "Oh you are so useless! Can't you solve even one problem?",
"roman": "Ma ti áchristos pou eísai! Oúte éna próvlima den boreís na lýseis?",
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"word": "ανίκανος"
}
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"english": "Shoo, you useless man!",
"roman": "Ánte re áchriste!",
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{
"text": "and its numerous synonyms"
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"11": "άχρηστων (áchriston)",
"12": "άχρηστων (áchriston)",
"13": "άχρηστο (áchristo)",
"14": "άχρηστη (áchristi)",
"15": "άχρηστο (áchristo)",
"16": "άχρηστους (áchristous)",
"17": "άχρηστες (áchristes)",
"18": "άχρηστα (áchrista)",
"19": "άχρηστε (áchriste)",
"2": "άχρηστη (áchristi)",
"20": "άχρηστη (áchristi)",
"21": "άχρηστο (áchristo)",
"22": "άχρηστοι (áchristoi)",
"23": "άχρηστες (áchristes)",
"24": "άχρηστα (áchrista)",
"3": "άχρηστο (áchristo)",
"4": "άχρηστοι (áchristoi)",
"5": "άχρηστες (áchristes)",
"6": "άχρηστα (áchrista)",
"7": "άχρηστου (áchristou)",
"8": "άχρηστης (áchristis)",
"9": "άχρηστου (áchristou)"
},
"name": "el-decl-adj-table"
}
],
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"english": "cause to be useless",
"roman": "archistévo",
"word": "αρχηστεύω"
},
{
"roman": "achrístefsi",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αχρήστευση"
},
{
"roman": "achristía",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αχρηστία"
},
{
"roman": "dyschristía",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "δυσχρηστία"
},
{
"english": "difficult to use, dysfunctional",
"roman": "dýschristos",
"word": "δύσχρηστος"
},
{
"roman": "efchristía",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ευχρηστία"
},
{
"english": "easy to use",
"roman": "éfchristos",
"word": "εύχρηστος"
},
{
"english": "spurious",
"roman": "katachristikós",
"word": "καταχρηστικός"
},
{
"roman": "koinóchristos",
"word": "κοινόχρηστος"
},
{
"english": "user",
"roman": "chrístis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χρήστης"
},
{
"roman": "christikós",
"word": "χρηστικός"
},
{
"english": "usage, use",
"roman": "chrísi",
"sense": "and see",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χρήση"
},
{
"english": "pointless",
"roman": "mátaios",
"word": "μάταιος"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"useless, unusable (thing)"
],
"links": [
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"unusable",
"unusable"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Greek derogatory terms",
"Greek terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Oh you are so useless! Can't you solve even one problem?",
"roman": "Ma ti áchristos pou eísai! Oúte éna próvlima den boreís na lýseis?",
"text": "Μα τι άχρηστος που είσαι! Ούτε ένα πρόβλημα δεν μπορείς να λύσεις;",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ineffective (of a person)"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"ineffective",
"ineffective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) ineffective (of a person)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ανίκανος"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Greek offensive terms",
"Greek terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Shoo, you useless man!",
"roman": "Ánte re áchriste!",
"text": "Άντε ρε άχρηστε!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "and its numerous synonyms"
}
],
"glosses": [
"useless (of a person, usually in the vocative)"
],
"links": [
[
"useless",
"useless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(offensive) useless (of a person, usually in the vocative)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ρεμάλι"
}
],
"tags": [
"offensive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈa.xɾi.stos/"
}
],
"word": "άχρηστος"
}
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