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We have no use for cowards in this regiment.
used adj. 1 second-hand, cast-off, old, worn, Euphemistic pre-owned,
Colloq hand-me-down, Brit reach-me-down: You're better off
buying a good used car, since new ones depreciate so quickly. 2
utilized, employed, occupied; in use: We slept in a rarely used
room. 3 used to. accustomed to, habituated to, acclimatized or
acclimated to, adapted to, hardened or toughened or inured to or
against, tempered to, tolerant of; familiar or acquainted with:
After all those years, Amanda was used to Bill's shouting.
useful adj. utilitarian, functional, serviceable, practical, usable,
of use, beneficial, salutary, advantageous, expedient,
profitable, valuable, gainful, helpful, fruitful, productive,
effective, worthwhile: Does this knob serve any useful purpose?
We had some very useful conversations with the bank manager.
usefulness
n. utility, applicability, practicability, purpose,
purposefulness, point, practicality, benefit, advantage,
expediency, profit, profitability, value, gain, help,
fruitfulness, effectiveness, worth: I never could see the
usefulness of all the forms one has to fill in.
useless adj. 1 ineffective, ineffectual, unserviceable, impractical,
impracticable, unpractical, unavailing, vain, pointless,
purposeless, idle, futile, unproductive, unsuccessful, impotent,
effete, sterile, barren, abortive, unusable, bootless,
worthless, Rare inutile: The treatment that she tried was quite
useless. 2 inefficient, incompetent, unproductive, ineffectual,
ineffective, hopeless, inept: My dachshund has proved totally
useless as a watchdog.
user n. 1 consumer, buyer, purchaser, owner; operator: Users of the
equipment report excellent results. 2 alcohol or drug or
narcotic addict: The police have been interviewing users in
order to obtain more information about the dealers.
user-friendly
adj. simple, practicable, usable, explicit, accommodating,
understandable: The system is designed to be particularly
user-friendly.