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Spell Bee Word: Useless


What does useless mean?

Word: Useless

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Useless means not doing any good, or not able to do the job it is meant for.

How do you spell useless?

Syllables: use - less

Tricky part: Keep the e of the root word before the ending. Children often drop it, as happens in using, and write usless.

Watch out for: usless, yuseless

Memory tip: Drop the e after the u and s, and the word itself turns out to be of no use. That little joke helps it stay in.

Useless in a sentence

Example 1: This torch is useless without new batteries.

Example 2: An umbrella with a torn cover is useless in the monsoon.

Example 3: It is useless to water the plants while it is raining.

Fun Fact

An ostrich's wings are useless for flying, yet the bird uses them to balance when it runs fast and to show off.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

seslues

a) uneasy
b) lessons
c) museums
d) useless

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d) useless. Three s's and two e's are given, and no other option has them.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

use____

a) loss
b) lis
c) lees
d) less

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d) less. The ending that means without is the same one found in careless.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

useless

a) hopeless
b) pointless
c) useful
d) unhelpful

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c) useful. A thing that does its job well is useful, the opposite of useless.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

uselless

a) l
b) u
c) s
d) e

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a) l. The ending starts with one l only.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would be useless during a long power cut?

a) a plug-in table lamp
b) a hand-held paper fan
c) a box of candles
d) a battery torch

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a) a plug-in table lamp

2. Riya says that arguing with the umpire is useless. She means that it will ____.

a) please the crowd
b) not change anything
c) make the game shorter
d) help her team score

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b) not change anything

Associated Words

Words that end in -less: restless, priceless, speechless, senseless, toothless, friendless

More words from this list

arena, competition, distress, genetics, jeweller, nylon, receipt, sportsman

Next steps

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