USELESS    沒用

LACK USEFULNESS.
FUTILETO NO AVAIL(IN) VAINPOINTLESSTO NO PURPOSEUNAVAILINGHOPELESSINEFFECTUALINEFFECTIVETO NO EFFECTFRUITLESSUNPROFITABLEPROFITLESSUNPRODUCTIVEARCHAIC BOOTLESS
Modern Chinese Criteria
無用 無效 失效 無益 廢 不行 不果 不濟 不中 不濟事 不頂事 全無裨益 無濟於無 於事無補 無補於事 以卵投石 與虎謀皮 杯水車薪 勞而無功 苗而不秀 廢話連篇 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
Hypernym
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)

Words (13 items)

無益  wú yì OC: ma qleɡ MC: mi̯o ʔiɛk 19 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabsubjectwhat is useless
  • vadNuseless
  • VPibe useless; be no use at all; be no good
  • VPt+prep+Nbe useless to; be of no advantage to
無所用  wú suǒ yòng MC: mju srjoX yowngH OC: ma sqraʔ k-loŋs 13 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabuselessnessCH
  • VPibe not of use for anything, be of no use; be uselessCH
無務  wú wù MC: mju mjuH OC: ma mos 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPt0 V[0]it is pointless toCH
無用  wú yòng OC: ma k-loŋs MC: mi̯o ji̯oŋ 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VP[adN]useless things
  • VPadNuseless
  • VPibe useless
不材  bù cái MC: pjut dzoj OC: pɯʔ sɡɯɯ 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPab(post-N)uselessnessCH
  • NPababstractuselessnessCH
  • VPadNunsuitable, of low qualityCH
无用  wú yòng MC: mju yowngH OC: ma k-loŋs 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNuselessCH
不可用  bù kě yòng MC: pjut khaX yowngH OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ k-loŋs 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe uselessCH
无所用  wú suǒ yòng MC: mju srjoX yowngH OC: ma sqraʔ k-loŋs 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe uselessCH
何用  hé yòng OC: ɡlaal k-loŋs MC: ɦɑ ji̯oŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe of what use? be useless
无益  wú yì OC: ma qleɡ MC: mi̯o ʔiɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe useless; be ineffectual
焉用之  yān yòng zhī OC: qran k-loŋs kljɯ MC: ʔiɛn ji̯oŋ tɕɨ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiquestionwhat use is that? (none!)
用何為  yòng hé wéi OC: k-loŋs ɡlaal ɢʷal MC: ji̯oŋ ɦɑ ɦiɛ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiusing this what for?> be useless; be of no serious value
特  tè OC: ɡ-lɯɯɡ MC: dək 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vadVin vain