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non-useful

non-useful adjective: not useful.

Adjective

non-useful (not comparable)

  1. Not useful.
    • None of the money is spent for toys or other non-useful things. It all goes into the rebuilding of lives.1933 December 16, “Lasting Aid Is Given; None of Fund Wasted”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • After the processing, there's a whole bunch of non-useful, gloopy chemicals left over.2008 August 21, Edward Burtynsky, “Edward Burtynsky's best shot”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2015

Forms of non-useful

alternative formnonuseful

Origin of non-useful

From non- + useful.

Questions about non-useful

What does non-useful mean?
Non-useful means not useful.
What part of speech is non-useful?
Non-useful is an adjective.

Words near non-useful in the dictionary

  1. non-unique
  2. non-unit
  3. non-units
  4. non-urgent
  5. non-use
  6. non-useful
  7. non-usefulness
  8. non-user
  9. non-users
  10. non-uses
  11. non-vaper

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