🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

inútil

Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-u-teel

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Useless/ˈjuː.sles/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Esta máquina é completamente inútil para o projeto."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to provide service or assistance; of no use.

    "The broken machine was completely useless for the project."
  2. 2

    Having no practical value or purpose.

    "He felt that the old book was useless since he had already read it."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'useless' originates from the Old French 'useless', which itself comes from the Latin 'usus' meaning 'use'. The prefix 'un-' indicates negation, evolving the meaning to denote something that lacks utility or purpose.

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