useless

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of no use; not working or not achieving what is needed:

Without fuel, the vehicles will become useless for moving supplies.

[ + to infinitive ] It's useless to speculate without more information.

not at all good at doing something:

Don't ask me to add it up - I'm useless at maths.

She's very good at methodical work, but useless when there's a lot of pressure.

You're absolutely useless - can't you even go to the shops without getting lost!

of no value; worthless:

With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.