Useless

Examples

• But liberty had been a useless gift to me had I not, as I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• No, John Carter, it is useless, she cried, hopelessly, I may never be yours while Sab Than lives. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• For the dog, I know it to be the cur of the runaway slave Gurth, a useless fugitive like its master. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• His advice, energy, activity, money, credit, all his resources whatsoever, were all made useless. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Come, come, madam, it is useless. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It's useless to ask the question. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Since I first knew you, I have tidied and tidied over and over again, but it's useless. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He got upon that road, destroyed its bridges at different places and rendered the road useless to the enemy up to within a few miles of Lynchburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Instead of taking the footman, whose nose was human, and therefore useless in any emergency, I took the bloodhound with me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It may not, however, upon that account be altogether useless. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Nay, Madam, said Adrian, unless my sister consent never to see him again, it is surely an useless torment to separate them for a month. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It is useless to fight against fate, Maurice. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Inexperienced in government, she plunged into all manner of useless expenditure, and swamped her treasury almost in a day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• No one is useless in this world,' retorted the Secretary, 'who lightens the burden of it for any one else. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I saw it was hopeless and useless to speak, and I only put my arm round her, and held her to me in silence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Her sharp Damascus blade seemed out of place, and useless among rose-leaves. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If the produce of domestic can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign industry, the regulation is evidently useless. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It's useless to ask me to account for my own conduct, at this time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He thought it would be useless to pursue with jaded horses a well-mounted party with so much of a start. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the same time, it must be observed that a very trifling addition or change occasionally gives practical value to an invention, which had been useless without it. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Besides, it is a useless expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She dropped the useless letter, and her eyes flashed as they met mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Again he tried to converse with his strange nurse, but the attempt was useless. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It would be worse than useless now to make any inquiries, because it would be dangerous. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To invoke your pity, said the lovely Jewess, with a voice somewhat tremulous with emotion, would, I am aware, be as useless as I should hold it mean. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Her heart was beating all over her body--in her throat, her limbs, her helpless useless hands. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• You are welcome to all my confidence that is worth having, Jane; but for God's sake, don't desire a useless burden! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I mean,' said Fagin, showing that he felt all disguise was now useless, 'not too violent for safety. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Checker: Osbert