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useless

How many syllables in useless?

  2 syllables

Divide useless into syllables:   use-less
Stressed syllable in useless:   use-less
How to pronounce useless:   yoos-lis
How to say useless:

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Synonyms for useless


1 syllable
  • dud
  • spent
2 syllables
  • aimless
  • ended
  • fruitless
  • hopeless
  • kaput
  • rubbish
  • unfit
  • wasted
  • defunct
  • feckless
  • futile
  • inept
  • pointless
  • senseless
  • unheard
  • worthless
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • a waste of time
  • incompetent
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with useless

    2 syllables
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