"useless" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

useless adjetivo

useless + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 49
useless thing • useless information • useless piece • useless leg • useless gesture • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) thing, emotion, bastard
Kolokacji: 3
(4) gesture, advice, question
Kolokacji: 3
(8) junk, hulk
Kolokacji: 2
(9) speculation, one, thought
Kolokacji: 3
(10) trinket, product, paper
Kolokacji: 3
1. useless trinket = ozdóbka niezdatna do użytku useless trinket
2. useless product = produkt niezdatny do użytku useless product
3. useless paper = papier niezdatny do użytku useless paper
  • Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers.
  • I proceeded to burn all useless papers; and sure enough, from a batch of Adler's, not previously examined with thoroughness, out dropped that long-desired scrap!
  • An unlocked drawer, filled with useless papers, would not command a thorough search by a burglar.
  • She looked down at the mass of useless papers, and wondered what the next step would be.
  • Yet to Joe Cardona it was no more than a scrap of useless paper.
  • The committee was established on February 16, 1889, by "An Act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Departments."
  • The Americans, he saw, like the Europeans, loved useless papers.
  • Firefighters "apparently viewed this as another piece of useless paper," said Mr. Fairbanks.
  • I burned unflattering pictures, useless papers, and clothes.
  • 'You must be curious, Hamid, about why I place such importance on this scrap of useless paper.'
(11) slaughter, sacrifice
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + useless
Kolokacji: 9
render useless • feel useless • prove useless • become useless • hang useless • ...
adverbio + useless
Kolokacji: 21
completely useless • virtually useless • totally useless • utterly useless • pretty useless • ...
useless + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
useless for • useless to • useless in • useless against • useless at • ...

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