adj. lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

adj. failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"

adj. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

adj. producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

adj. of very poor quality; flimsy

adj. worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

adj. lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"

adj. made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics

adj. not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"

adj. not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

adj. aimlessly drifting

adj. lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"

adj. not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

adj. existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"

adj. not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

adj. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

adj. lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

adj. devoid of importance, meaning, or force

adj. not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

adj. having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "a valuable diamond"

adj. having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

adj. of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"

adj. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

adj. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause"

adj. designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture"