Dictionary entry
Uselessly
Pronunciation: /ˈjuːsləsli/
Pronunciation
/ˈjuːsləsli/
Myanmar Meaning
(adv) အသုံးမကျပဲ။
Definition
useless /'ju:slǝs / adj ၁။ အလဟႆ။ အလကား။ အခ်ည္းႏီွး။ 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) အလဟႆ။ အခ်ည္းႏီွး။ I realized that it was useless to protest. ၃။ ( infml ) အသံုးမက်။ I'm useless at sewing. ၄။ အလဟႆ။ မေရမရာ။ a useless existence. uselessly adv uselessness n [U]
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.