be (of) no use
B2 to not be useful, helpful, or possible:
His advice turned out to be no use at all.
There is no use (in) arguing any more.
It is no use trying (= there is no purpose in trying) to escape - no one ever gets out of here.
It's no use (= I cannot succeed) - I just can't get this lid off.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- max sth out
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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