1
: capable of being put to use
especially
: serviceable for an end or purpose
useful tools
2
: of a valuable or productive kind
do something useful with your life
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Examples of useful in a Sentence
Does anyone have any useful suggestions?
It can be useful to know CPR.
The Internet is useful for finding information quickly.
She has become one of the team's most useful players.
Why don't you do something useful with your life?
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So he’s been a writer on the show, and it’s been a really useful resource.
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
One such location exists in the early game of KCD 2, which hides a useful bow, completely for free.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Those may contain information about a person’s vulnerabilities that would be useful to the hostile foreign governments that hope to recruit NNSA employees to their cause.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
These common tests are routine and useful for nearly every patient.
—Gary W. Miller, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
One such location exists in the early game of KCD 2, which hides a useful bow, completely for free.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Those may contain information about a person’s vulnerabilities that would be useful to the hostile foreign governments that hope to recruit NNSA employees to their cause.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
These common tests are routine and useful for nearly every patient.
—Gary W. Miller, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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