adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as good as dead/ruined/useless etc
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This carpet’s as good as ruined.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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In the middle of the yard the little pony Alejandro regarded as useless stood quivering with terror.
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It was as useless as trying to get kidnapped in second grade.
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Trying to arrange a temporary nanny proved to be as useless as their hunt for an electrician.
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By contrast, most objects thrown away were by definition worn out, broken, or regarded as useless .
completely
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Yet it was completely useless , he said.
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I wonder how much money we taxpayers paid for these completely useless pieces of information.
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If hay has been rained on it may be completely useless .
pretty
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Some of them are pretty useless , but you do pick up a little information from each one.
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One is that the normal / abnormal dichotomy and the categories of mental illness are pretty useless .
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But it is pretty useless when it comes to toppling dodgy regimes.
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She even waved her fists, which was pretty useless as she's only nine and small for her age.
quite
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You will find that the normal aircraft compass is quite useless unless you are flying straight and at a steady speed.
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There are so many factors involved in what may seem the simplest of problems, that self-justify answers are often quite useless .
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Their digging has cleared right down to the gravel tidy - without it they would have rendered the undergravel filter quite useless .
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He went on, it's quite useless if I think of your feelings in any way at all.
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It was all quite useless , of course; she'd no idea where she was going.
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If you press rose petals too heavily they are quite useless , losing their colour and becoming transparent.
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The manufacturer who quickly and generously replaced the kit was able to identify it as three years old, and quite useless .
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A few other metal objects had been fired, such as clocks and hair brushes ... but they had proved quite useless .
totally
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Luckily they were totally useless in front of goal.
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But now I see he was totally useless to learn from.
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Soft defences would have been totally useless .
virtually
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The energy, once transferred to the bath is in the form of low grade heat and therefore virtually useless .
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These programs provide facilities ranging from the essential to the virtually useless depending on your point of view.
■ NOUN
information
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To this end there can be no such thing as useless information .
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This is, I feel, useless information .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
next to impossible/useless etc
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As a waterproof it was next to useless.
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But counting the dead is next to impossible.
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But he quickly learned that at his age it was next to impossible to find a professional job in San Francisco.
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Buying such a processor for less than $ 400 is next to impossible.
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Further, genuine educational change in these settings is next to impossible given the logistical difficulty of just getting the staff together.
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In the early months, this restraint was next to impossible for them to achieve.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a useless piece of information
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Antibiotics are useless against viral infections such as influenza.
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As a secretary, she was useless .
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He knew it was useless to pretend to be innocent.
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I had to remind myself that worrying is a useless activity.
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I tried calling the tax office but they were completely useless .
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It's useless trying to talk to you when you've had a drink.
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It's time you traded the car in, before it becomes utterly useless .
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It think it would be useless writing to the company -- they haven't even returned my calls.
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It was useless now to ask for help from my mother.
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Jay's car was 20 years old, and useless for anything but a short journey to the local shops.
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Jenny decided to say nothing. It was useless to argue.
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Numerous studies show that dieting is useless and may even cause weight gain.
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Of course we need to test children's ability, but some of these exams are worse than useless .
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Presumably, my files will be completely useless to whoever stole them.
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She gave me a video, but of course it's useless without a player.
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That's a nice watch, but it's useless for going underwater.
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The lifejackets turned out to be useless , because they didn't inflate properly.
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There's no point reading the instructions - they're completely useless .
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This book is useless ! I can't find any of the information I need.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And even as she prayed and wished, she knew, deep inside, that it was all useless .
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Despite that military expenditure, there are many situations where the military is useless , says Edward Djerejian.
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Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless .
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I feel useless , you know what I mean?
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I kept useless collections of stamps, seashells, postcards, rocks, delighting in their deadly neatness.
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If the nerve fails to pass on the correct signals, the limb becomes useless .
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When their job is done they are judged useless , and killed or thrown out.