Old and Useless

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Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Useless and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Useless" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Useless adjective - Not capable of being put to use or account.

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Old and useless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Useless".

Nearby Words: use, useful, uselessly

Reluctant Retiree: Victor Meldrew, replaced unceremoniously by a box, is left feeling old and useless.

Source: Series / One Foot in the Grave
During that time, Mao had a policy of stamping out all that he deemed old and useless, like Taoism.

Source: Applicability
One of the plot threads in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels involves the eponymous shotguns getting written off as useless and old by almost everyone who comes into their possession.

Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks

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