Sentence examples of "useless" in English

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Why is machine translation useless? ¿Por qué es inútil la traducción automática?
His new secretary proved useless. Su nuevo secretario resultó inútil.
His books are almost useless. Sus libros son casi inútiles.
The information was quite useless. La información era bien inútil.
Such an old car was next to useless. Un coche tan viejo era prácticamente inútil.
His negative attitude rendered all my efforts useless. Su actitud negativa hizo inútiles todos mis esfuerzos.
Let's end up this useless argument right now! ¡Acabemos con esta discusión inútil ahora mismo!
Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway. El esmalte de uñas es inútil: de todas formas, nadie mira las uñas.
I wish I had not bought such a useless thing. Ojalá no hubiera comprado algo tan inútil.
It is useless to try to remember all the words in the dictionary. Es inútil intentar recordar todas las palabras del diccionario.
It's useless to talk to her. She won't listen to you. Es inútil hablar con ella. No te va a escuchar.
John claimed that the dishonest salesman had tricked him into buying a useless piece of machinery. John denunció que el deshonesto vendedor lo había estafado para que comprara una pieza de maquinaria inútil.
Maybe in a different universe, our basic five senses are useless and we would require different senses altogether. Quizá en un universo diferente, nuestros cinco sentidos básicos son inútiles y nosotros necesitaríamos sentidos totalmente diferentes.
She caught sight of the tautology that she was looking for in a crowd of other, equally useless and potentially dangerous, tautologies. Ella reconoció la tautología que estaba buscando en una multitud de otras tautologías igualmente inútiles y potencialmente peligrosas.
Making a clean separation between the "useful" and the "useless" is about as straightforward as drawing the fine line between water and ice. Hacer una clara separación entre "útil" e "inútil" es casi tan sencillo como trazar la delgada línea entre hielo y agua.
I'm useless at French. Estoy flojo en francés.
It's useless to keep on thinking any more. No servirá de nada seguir pensando.
For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless. Por una vez en mi vida hago una buena acción... y no sirve de nada.
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