uselessly
/ˈjuːsləsli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈjuːsləsli/
uselessly
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
u - se - les - sly -> uselessly
Myanmar meaning
(adv) အသုံးမကျပဲ။
Full entry
၁။ အလဟဿ။ အလကား။ အချည်းနှီး။ All our efforts were useless. ❍ It's useless arguing/ to argue with them. ❍ A car is useless without petrol. ❍ The book's full of lovely pictures but it's useless as a guide.
၂။ ~ (doing sth/ to do sth) အလဟဿ။ အချည်းနှီး။ I realized that it was useless to protest.
၃။ (infml ) အသုံးမကျ။ I'm useless at sewing.
၄။ အလဟဿ။ မရေမရာ။ a useless existence. uselessly adv uselessness n [U]
More examples
- This technology is useless if you can’t operate it.
- Why do you keep this completely useless umbrella?
- [prove useless] : Most of his inventions proved useless.
- Will’s parents think acting is a useless profession.
- [it’s useless trying to do something] : It’s useless trying to talk to her because she never listens.
- Don’t ask Geoff – he’s useless!
- [useless at something] : I’m useless at cooking.
- Since the stroke, my left arm has been useless.
Synonyms
ineffective, hopeless, of no use, a waste of time, futile, ineffectual, inadequate, worthless, abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, good-for-nothing, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, inefficient, inept, inoperable, inoperative, inutile, meaningless, no good, nonfunctional, pathetic, pointless, profitless, purposeless, scrap, stupid, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unserviceable, unsuccessful, unusable, unusuable, unworkable, vain, valueless, waste, weak
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