adj.
1 of no use
VERBS
▪ be , feel , prove
▪
Her efforts to avoid him proved ~.
▪ become
▪ leave sth , make sth , render sth
▪
The condition rendered her legs virtually ~.
ADVERB
▪ absolutely , completely , entirely , quite , totally , utterly , wholly ( esp. BrE )
▪ worse than
▪
A computer program with too many icons is worse than ~.
▪ all but , almost , nearly , practically , virtually
▪ largely , mostly
▪ basically , essentially
▪ fairly , pretty , rather
▪ seemingly
▪ equally
▪
There are two manuals, both of them equally ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
A candle is practically ~ as a light source.
▪ for
▪
The land is ~ for cattle.
▪ in
▪
This drug is ~ in the treatment of patients with AIDS.
▪ to
▪
The information was ~ to him.
2 ( informal ) weak/not successful
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ absolutely , completely
▪ pretty
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
I'm pretty ~ at this job.
Useless is used with these nouns: ↑ information , ↑ junk , ↑ waste