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USELESS

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useless adjectiv

1. nefolositor, inutil, netrebuincios, nenecesar.

2. (sl.) prost dispus, indispus, bun de nimic, abătut.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

You are welcome to all my confidence that is worth having, Jane; but for God's sake, don't desire a useless burden!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

When first Mr. Bennet had married, economy was held to be perfectly useless, for, of course, they were to have a son.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Medical assistance was got as soon as possible, but it was quite useless.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It was all on me, for Summerlee was useless and Challenger not much better.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Besides, I felt it was all so useless.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

And yet she had left at a single day’s notice, which involved her in the useless payment of a week’s rent.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was very hard to do, but she did it, knowing that delay was both useless and cruel.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Dorothy ran down and helped the Scarecrow to his feet, and the Lion came up to her, feeling rather bruised and sore, and said, It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstand them.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

“It is useless,” I answered.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

It was useless, however.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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