USELESS  沒用

LACK USEFULNESS.
FUTILETO NO AVAIL(IN) VAINPOINTLESSTO NO PURPOSEUNAVAILINGHOPELESSINEFFECTUALINEFFECTIVETO NO EFFECTFRUITLESSUNPROFITABLEPROFITLESSUNPRODUCTIVEARCHAIC BOOTLESS
Antonym
Hypernym
  • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
    • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
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 ／

    Words

    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-loŋsCH 13 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabuselessnessCH
    • VPibe not of use for anything, be of no use; be uselessCH
    無用  wú yòng OC: ma k-loŋs MC: mi̯o ji̯oŋ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]useless things
    • VPadNuseless
    • VPibe useless
    無務  wú wù MC: mju mjuH OC: ma mosCH 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt0 V[0]it is pointless toCH
    不材  bù cái MC: pjut dzoj OC: pɯʔ sɡɯɯCH 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab(post-N)uselessnessCH
    • NPababstractuselessnessCH
    • VPadNunsuitable, of low qualityCH
    无用  wú yòng MC: mju yowngH OC: ma k-loŋsCH 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNuselessCH
    无所用  wú suǒ yòng MC: mju srjoX yowngH OC: ma sqraʔ k-loŋsCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe uselessCH
    不可用  bù kě yòng MC: pjut khaX yowngH OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ k-loŋsCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe uselessCH
    特  tè OC: ɡ-lɯɯɡ MC: dək 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVin vain
    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

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: