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==English== |
==English== |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# [[pointless]], [[useless]]; not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to [[succeed]] |
# [[pointless]], [[useless]]; not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to [[succeed]] |
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# {{lb|en|colloquial}} No [[point]] or [[advantage]]. |
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#: ''There is '''no use''' in studying medicine if there are too many doctors already.'' |
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#: {{ux|en|'''No use''' crying over spilt milk.}} |
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#: {{ux|en|There is '''no use''' in studying medicine if there are too many doctors already.}} |
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#: {{ux|en|It's '''no use'''!}} |
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#: {{ux|en|Explaining things to you is of '''no use''' because you never listen.}} |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1962|author=w:Bob Dylan|title=w:Don't Think Twice, It's All Right |
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|passage=Well it ain't '''no use''' to sit and wonder why, babe<br>If e'en you don't know by now<br>An' it ain't '''no use''' to sit and wonder why, babe<br>It don't ever do somehow.}} |
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====Related terms==== |
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* {{l|en|have no use for}} |
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* {{l|en|it's no use}} |
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* {{l|en|there's no use}} |
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* {{l|en|what's the use}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|pointless; useless}} |
{{trans-top|pointless; useless}} |
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* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|白搭|tr=báidā}}, {{t+|cmn|無濟於事|tr=wújìyúshì}}, {{t+|cmn|沒用|tr=méiyòng}}, {{t+|cmn|無用|tr=wúyòng}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|inutile}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|inutile}} |
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* Ido: {{t+|io|ne-utila}} |
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===Further reading=== |
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* {{R:OneLook}} |
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===Anagrams=== |
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* {{anagrams|en|a=enosu|Oenus|ouens}} |
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 12 August 2024
See also: nouse
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]no use (uncountable)
- pointless, useless; not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to succeed
- (colloquial) No point or advantage.
- No use crying over spilt milk.
- There is no use in studying medicine if there are too many doctors already.
- It's no use!
- Explaining things to you is of no use because you never listen.
- 1962, Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right:
- Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If e'en you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't ever do somehow.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pointless; useless
Further reading
[edit]- “no use”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.