no use

See also: nouse

English

Noun

no use (uncountable)

1. pointless, useless; not worth doing, especially because it is not likely to succeed
2. (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

• it's no use
• there's no use
• what's the use

Translations

pointless; useless

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白搭 (zh) (báidā), 無濟於事／无济于事 (zh) (wújìyúshì), 无济于事 (zh) (wújìyúshì), 沒用／没用 (zh) (méiyòng), 没用 (zh) (méiyòng), 無用／无用 (zh) (wúyòng), 无用 (zh) (wúyòng)

• Finnish: hyödytön (fi)
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• French: inutile (fr)
• Ido: ne-utila (io)

Further reading

• “no use”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Oenus, ouens