Useless and Unable

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

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

Nearby Words: use, useful, uselessly

Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.

Usage example: a celebrated author of serious plays, he turned out to be a particularly unable writer of comedies

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Useless and unable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Useless" instead an adjective "Unable".

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