Useless and futile

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The SMART Vocabulary cloud shows the related words and phrases you can find in the Cambridge Dictionary that make up this topic. Click on a word to go to the definition.

(like) water off a duck's backidiom
a mug's gameidiom
adrift
aimless
aimlessly
aimlessness
airy-fairy
be (living) in a dream worldidiom
be (strictly) for the birdsidiom
be at a loose endidiom
be chasingyourtailidiom
be lost onsomeoneidiom
be no goodphrase
be pastyoursell-by dateidiom
bird
blind alley
blue
chase
dead loss
deckchair
desultorily
desultory
directionless
door
dream
dud
emptily
empty
expendable
eye candy
feeble
feebly
flabbiness
flabby
flaccid
floccinaucinihilipilification
fool's errand
for the hell of itidiom
frivolous
frivolousness
fruitless
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
futile
futility
good
good-for-nothing
hamster wheel
headless
hell
hopeless
idle
impractical
inane
inanely
inanity
ineffective
ineffectively
ineffectual
ineffectually
inefficiency
inefficient
inefficiently
inexpedient
infructuous
it's more than my job's worthidiom
job
loose
lost
meaningless
meaninglessness
mess
mess withsomething/someone
mooch
moon
moon around
motiveless
mug
negate
negation
no goodidiom
non-viable
nothing
nugatory
ornamental
otiose
outlive
outliveyourusefulnessidiom
pants
past
pathetic
pitiably
pitiful
pitifully
pointless
pointlessly
pointlessness
purposeless
purposelessly
purposelessness
quixotic
quixotically
romantic
romantically
run round like a headless chickenidiom
self-defeating
shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanicidiom
show
shuffle
shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has boltedidiom
sling chair
unavailing
unfavourable
unfavourably
unfruitful
unrealistic
unrealistically
untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
unviability
unviable
unwieldy
use
useless
uselessly
uselessness
vain
vainly
water
what good is...idiom
what's the use of...?idiom
window dressing
worthless
worthlessness

单词	topics/using-and-not-using/useless-and-futile/
释义	Useless and futile SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases The SMART Vocabulary cloud shows the related words and phrases you can find in the Cambridge Dictionary that make up this topic. Click on a word to go to the definition. (like) water off a duck's backidiom a mug's gameidiom adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy be (living) in a dream worldidiom be (strictly) for the birdsidiom be at a loose endidiom be chasingyourtailidiom be lost onsomeoneidiom be no goodphrase be pastyoursell-by dateidiom bird blind alley blue chase dead loss deckchair desultorily desultory directionless door dream dud emptily empty expendable eye candy feeble feebly flabbiness flabby flaccid floccinaucinihilipilification fool's errand for the hell of itidiom frivolous frivolousness fruitless fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futility good good-for-nothing hamster wheel headless hell hopeless idle impractical inane inanely inanity ineffective ineffectively ineffectual ineffectually inefficiency inefficient inefficiently inexpedient infructuous it's more than my job's worthidiom job loose lost meaningless meaninglessness mess mess withsomething/someone mooch moon moon around motiveless mug negate negation no goodidiom non-viable nothing nugatory ornamental otiose outlive outliveyourusefulnessidiom pants past pathetic pitiably pitiful pitifully pointless pointlessly pointlessness purposeless purposelessly purposelessness quixotic quixotically romantic romantically run round like a headless chickenidiom self-defeating shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanicidiom show shuffle shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has boltedidiom sling chair unavailing unfavourable unfavourably unfruitful unrealistic unrealistically untilyou areblue in the faceidiom unviability unviable unwieldy use useless uselessly uselessness vain vainly water what good is...idiom what's the use of...?idiom window dressing worthless worthlessness #https://dictionary.cambridge.org/topics/using-and-not-using/useless-and-futile/##
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