VERBS
- be, feel, prove
- Her efforts to avoid him proved useless
- become
- leave sth, make sth, render sth
- The condition rendered her legs virtually useless
- reject sth as
- They rejected the designs as useless
ADV
- bloody (taboo)
- absolutely, completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly
- worse than
- A computer program with too many icons is worse than useless
- all but, almost, practically, virtually
- largely
- fairly, pretty
- equally
- There are two manuals, both of them equally useless
PREP
- as
- A candle is practically useless as a light source
- for
- The land is useless for cattle
- in
- This drug is useless in the treatment of patients with Aids
- to
- The information was useless to him
ADV
- bloody (taboo)
- completely
- pretty
PREP
- at
- I'm pretty useless at this job
