Needless
Needless adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
Useless is a synonym for needless in unnecessary topic. In some cases you can use "Useless" instead an adjective "Needless".
Nearby Words: need, needlessly
Useless
Useless adjective - Not capable of being put to use or account.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unimportant and needless
- unimportant and useless
- empty and needless
- empty and useless
- worthless and needless
- worthless and useless
- futile and needless
- futile and useless
- unavailing and needless
- unavailing and useless
- fruitless and needless
- fruitless and useless
- feckless and needless
- feckless and useless
Both words in one sentence
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Needless to say, your computer-controlled ally is practically useless here and will be dead before you know it.
Source: Harder Than Hard -
Needless to say, on a typical playthrough they will be completely useless to bring into the endgame.
Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Tellius - Needless to say, when he gets in a real fight later on, he turns out to be completely useless and Giles has to save him.
Source: Reality Ensues / Live-Action TV
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