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unuseful - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
Useless; serving no purpose.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Not useful ; useless .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From un- + useful .
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"unuseful " -- to be outside the boundaries of legal protection.
Remarks By President And His Holiness Pope John Paul Ii ITY National Archives 1999
Just like visual basic apps, while you will probably get some very nice addons, most produced using this will probably be "unuseful ".
JetPack Could Revolutionise Firefox’s Extensibility—in Time | Lifehacker Australia 2009
Just like visual basic apps, while you will probably get some very nice addons, most produced using this will probably be "unuseful ".
JetPack Could Revolutionise Firefox’s Extensibility—in Time | Lifehacker Australia 2009
All wineries are on slabs, and even if they do not lose all their wine, it would be likely that some buildings will simply become unuseful because they need to be reconstructed from the ground up.
Chilean earthquake: wineries, barrels, bottles damaged or demolished | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
So … an untensil would perhaps be an unuseful tool?
2009 July 27 « Mudpuddle 2009
So … an untensil would perhaps be an unuseful tool?
PhotoHunter: Belated Utensil…. « Mudpuddle 2009
So … an untensil would perhaps be an unuseful tool?
2009 July « Mudpuddle 2009
This has the effect, not unuseful , of limiting the desire for it and making you less grasping.
BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010
This has the effect, not unuseful , of limiting the desire for it and making you less grasping.
BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010
My reasoning: While historical parallels and analogies can be problematic, they are not altogether unuseful .
Rasmussen: Obama Catching Up In Texas And Ohio 2009
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