"no use" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} no use (uncountable)
  1. pointless, useless; not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to succeed Tags: uncountable Translations (pointless; useless): 白搭 (báidā) (Chinese Mandarin), 無濟於事 /无济于事 (wújìyúshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 沒用 /没用 (méiyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 無用 /无用 (wúyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), hyödytön (Finnish), inutile (French), ne-utila (Ido)
    Sense id: en-no_use-en-noun-T5-FVZtg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'pointless; useless': 98 2
  2. (colloquial) No point or advantage. Tags: colloquial, uncountable Related terms: have no use for, it's no use, there's no use, what's the use
    Sense id: en-no_use-en-noun-qpcl8ZIW Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47
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