In a manner that serves no practical purpose or produces no desired or beneficial outcome; without achieving any worthwhile result; without any effectiveness or value. The action or thing described as 'uselessly' done, created, or applied does not contribute positively to a situation, often causing a waste of time, effort, or resources. The term can describe actions, objects, systems, and even ideas that lack functionality or positive impact, emphasizing their futility and lack of positive consequence. It implies a lack of utility or worth.
Uselessly meaning with examples
- The team tried to fix the broken machine, but their efforts failed. The machine was now even worse and unusable, their actions resulting in the uselessly modified machine, as they lacked the necessary expertise. They had attempted to fix it by reading instructions, but the instructions were badly written and the team's efforts ended up creating more problems, and all their tools lay around uselessly.
- The government poured funds into a research project that promised innovative technology. After years and millions spent, the project produced nothing. The research paper was a huge waste of money as it didn't provide any useful discoveries. The technology was considered uselessly because it failed to solve the original problem and sat on the shelf uselessly for any practical purposes.
- The artist's studio was filled with supplies, but the artist suffered from an extreme creative block. Brushes, canvases, and paints were discarded and strewn around uselessly. The artist had a vision in mind, but for the time was unable to convert those thoughts into a painting, and all the expensive equipment was sitting uselessly and collecting dust until the artist regained creative inspiration.
- The company implemented a complex new software system that was supposed to improve efficiency. After training, the employees found it cumbersome and difficult to use. They didn't understand how to operate the system and the software was therefore considered uselessly, as it slowed down their tasks and made them more cumbersome. The software's features went largely unused.
- He spent hours trying to unlock the old car, the keys were inside. The car was going nowhere and the old lock offered no leverage, and his hours were spent uselessly. The lock was so jammed that it provided no immediate benefit and every minute he tried to fix it, he wasted precious time. The old door was only opened with brute force, but the man knew that that may damage the car uselessly.
Uselessly Synonyms
abortively abortively fruitlessly futilely ineffectually inefficiently pointlessly unproductively unprofitably unsuccessfully vainly wastefullyUselessly Antonyms
beneficially effectively efficiently meaningfully productively profitably successfully usefullyUselessly Crossword Answers
6 Letters
INVAIN
8 Letters
FUTILELY
9 Letters
TONOAVAIL
11 Letters
POINTLESSLY