"без толку" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "бе́з толку",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "без то́лку",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béz tolku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bez tólku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "бе́з толку",
        "head2": "без то́лку"
      },
      "expansion": "бе́з толку or без то́лку • (béz tolku or bez tólku)",
      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bestolkóvyj",
      "word": "бестолко́вый"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We shot many rounds in vain, because the geese flew quite high and our shot pattered against their wings like against birch bark, but made no impression …",
          "ref": "1884, А. А. Черкасов, Из записок сибирского охотника",
          "text": "Много зарядов выпустили мы без толку, потому что гуси держались довольно высоко и дробь трещала по их крыльям, как по бересту, но взять не могла [...]\nMnogo zarjadov vypustili my bez tolku, potomu što gusi deržalisʹ dovolʹno vysoko i drobʹ treščala po ix krylʹjam, kak po berestu, no vzjatʹ ne mogla [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to no avail, to no purpose, in vain (achieving no result or serving no useful end)"
      ],
      "id": "en-без_толку-ru-adv-jIAsuXLS",
      "links": [
        [
          "to no avail",
          "to no avail"
        ],
        [
          "to no purpose",
          "to no purpose"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "впусту́ю"
        },
        {
          "word": "напра́сно"
        },
        {
          "word": "зря"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Floorboards are ripped up when needed for manufacturing while a supply of machine-grade lumber is senselessly wasted for minor everyday needs.",
          "ref": "1875, В. Д. Спасович, Речь на суде по делу Овсянникова",
          "roman": "Na potrebnosti proizvodstva idut doski s pola, zapas mašinnovo dereva rasxodujetsja bez tolku na melkije nuždy ježednevnovo obixoda.",
          "text": "На потребности производства идут доски с пола, запас машинного дерева расходуется без толку на мелкие нужды ежедневного обихода.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "senselessly, purposelessly (for no good reason)"
      ],
      "id": "en-без_толку-ru-adv-OXmg3yKD",
      "links": [
        [
          "senselessly",
          "senselessly"
        ],
        [
          "purposelessly",
          "purposelessly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʲes‿təɫkʊ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʲɪs‿ˈtoɫkʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "без толку"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Requests for accents in Russian entries",
    "Russian adverbs",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian multiword terms",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "бе́з толку",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "без то́лку",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béz tolku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bez tólku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "бе́з толку",
        "head2": "без то́лку"
      },
      "expansion": "бе́з толку or без то́лку • (béz tolku or bez tólku)",
      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bestolkóvyj",
      "word": "бестолко́вый"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We shot many rounds in vain, because the geese flew quite high and our shot pattered against their wings like against birch bark, but made no impression …",
          "ref": "1884, А. А. Черкасов, Из записок сибирского охотника",
          "text": "Много зарядов выпустили мы без толку, потому что гуси держались довольно высоко и дробь трещала по их крыльям, как по бересту, но взять не могла [...]\nMnogo zarjadov vypustili my bez tolku, potomu što gusi deržalisʹ dovolʹno vysoko i drobʹ treščala po ix krylʹjam, kak po berestu, no vzjatʹ ne mogla [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to no avail, to no purpose, in vain (achieving no result or serving no useful end)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to no avail",
          "to no avail"
        ],
        [
          "to no purpose",
          "to no purpose"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "впусту́ю"
        },
        {
          "word": "напра́сно"
        },
        {
          "word": "зря"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Floorboards are ripped up when needed for manufacturing while a supply of machine-grade lumber is senselessly wasted for minor everyday needs.",
          "ref": "1875, В. Д. Спасович, Речь на суде по делу Овсянникова",
          "roman": "Na potrebnosti proizvodstva idut doski s pola, zapas mašinnovo dereva rasxodujetsja bez tolku na melkije nuždy ježednevnovo obixoda.",
          "text": "На потребности производства идут доски с пола, запас машинного дерева расходуется без толку на мелкие нужды ежедневного обихода.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "senselessly, purposelessly (for no good reason)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "senselessly",
          "senselessly"
        ],
        [
          "purposelessly",
          "purposelessly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʲes‿təɫkʊ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʲɪs‿ˈtoɫkʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "без толку"
}