Nature does nothing uselessly.
Source: tatoeba (6303059)
Uselessly
Synonyms for "uselessly" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (3)
Adverb(1 words)
Related word relations
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Translations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- inútilment adv (in a useless manner)
Chinook Jargon
1 entries- k'ax̣chi adv (in a useless manner)
Finnish
3 entries- kelvottomasti adv (in a useless manner)
- turhaan adv (to no useful purpose)
- turhasti adv (in a useless manner)
French
1 entries- inutilement adv (to no useful purpose)
Middle English
1 entries- ydelly adv (to no useful purpose)
Norman
1 entries- innutilement adv (to no useful purpose)
Old English
2 entries- unnytlīċe adv (in a useless manner)
- unnytlīċe adv (to no useful purpose)
Polish
2 entries- bezużytecznie adv (in a useless manner)
- bezużytecznie adv (to no useful purpose)
Portuguese
1 entries- inutilmente adv (in a useless manner)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- gun fheum adv (in a useless manner)
- gun fheum adv (to no useful purpose)
Spanish
1 entries- inútilmente adv (in a useless manner)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver think they might have discovered a formula for a pill that effectively delivers a full dose of insulin to a patient’s liver—where it is needed to regulate blood sugar levels—without dissipating uselessly in the stomach.
Source: tatoeba (11767241)
I live uselessly looking for / Someone who understands my love / And I see that it is my destiny to suffer / It is to suffer - not to find / Someone who understands the troubadour.
Source: tatoeba (12170162)
Mr. Civil, warned and guided by distant axe-whangs, had found them, and had been unsparing in his condemnation of Jim's stupid waste of time in coming an unnecessary mile to chop down a tree uselessly far away.
Source: wiktionary
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