Reverse Dictionary: USELESS

ADJECTIVES
► ADDLE empty, idle, vain, useless, futile → a1593
► ALL TO BUGGERY unsatisfactory, mixed up, useless → 1984 UK sl.
► ALL TO COCK unsatisfactory, mixed up, useless → 1948 UK sl.
► ALL WET useless, worthless → 1920s sl.
► AS MUCH USE AS A CHOCOLATE TEAPOT of no use whatsoever, useless → 1970s sl.
► AS MUCH USE AS A SICK HEADACHE of no use whatsoever, useless → 20C sl.
► AS MUCH USE AS MY ARSE of no use whatsoever, useless → 20C sl.
► AS USEFUL AS TITS ON A BULL completely useless → 2012 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BACK-NUMBER old-fashioned, out-of-date; old and useless → 1883 sl.
► BEAT useless, worthless → 1944 US sl.
► BROKE-DICK worthless, useless → 1960s US sl.
► BUNG ruined, useless → 1930 Aust. sl.
► CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked → 1945 Aust. sl.
► DADLESS useless, stupid → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DAELESS helpless, feeble, useless → 1929 Sc.
► DEADBEAT useless, ne’er-do-well, impoverished → L19 sl.
► DEADHEAD useless; non-participant → M19 sl.
► DEAD-HEADED useless; non-participant → M19 sl.
► DEAD LOSS useless, unsuccessful, unprofitable → 1920s sl.
► DIDDLY-SHIT virtually worthless, useless → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DON’T NEED IT ANY MORE THAN A DOG NEEDS TWO TAILS has no  use at all for something → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DOODLY-SHIT worthless; useless → Bk2006 US sl.
► DOWN THE DRAIN lost, wasted, useless → 1930s sl.
► DOWN THE PLUG lost, wasted, useless → 1930s sl.
► DOWN THE PLUGHOLE lost, wasted, useless → 1930s sl.
► DOWN THE TUBE lost, wasted, useless → 1930s sl.
► DUD worthless, useless, unsatisfactory → 1903 UK sl.
► DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless → 1953 UK sl.
► DUMBHEAD annoying; objectionable; useless; silly → 1921
► EESELESS useless → 1917 Sc.
► EXFLUNCTED rendered useless → 1831 Amer. dial.
► EXFLUNCTICATED rendered useless → 1839 Amer. dial.
► EXFLUNCTIFIED rendered useless → 1840 Amer. dial.
► EXFLUNCTOFICATED rendered useless → 1836 Amer. dial.
► FAGGOT useless, contemptible → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► FAGGOTY cowardly, useless, second-rate → 1964 sl.
► FAKE worthless; useless → 1890 Amer. sl.
► FART-ARSE  ► FART-ARSED  ► FART-ARSEING useless, incompetent → 1950 sl.
► FECKLESS destitute of vigour, energy, or capacity; weak, helpless, useless → 1869
► FRUSTRANEOUS leading to frustration, vain, useless, ineffectual, unprofitable → 1643 obs.
► FUTILITARIAN devoted to futile, worthless or useless pursuits → 1873
► FUTILITOUS futile, useless, ineffectual → 1765 obs. rare
► FUTILOUS futile, useless, ineffectual, vain → 1607 obs.
► GAINLESS profitless, useless; lumbersome → 1893 Eng. dial.
► GAMMY spoilt, useless, second-rate → M19 sl.
► GASH useless, of poor quality → 1997 UK sl.
► GOOD AS A SHOULDER OF MUTTON TO A SICK HORSE, AS utterly worthless or useless; no good at all → 1546
► GUY-A-WHACK useless, incompetent → 20C Aust. sl.
► HAD IT useless, second-rate → 1960s NZ sl.
► HADDIT useless, second-rate → 1960s NZ sl.
► HANDY AS HIP POCKETS ON A HOG worthless; useless → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► JIGGERED broken or of no use → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► LEMON useless; second-rate → 1900s US sl.
► LIKE A CHIP IN A MESS OF MILK of persons: insignificant, useless → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MAFFLING useless. unable to work → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MEACHING ► MEECHING ► MICHING skulking, cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing → 1792 Eng. & Amer. dial.  
► NEDASH of no use → 1823 sl.
► NICKS ► NIX worthless, useless, or damaged → 1846 US sl.
► NICKY-NACKY trifling, trivial, useless; troublesome; speaking in an affected or mincing manner → 1818 Sc.
► NO MORE USE THAN A DUCK QUACKING AGAINST THUNDER quite useless → 1886 Eng. dial.
► NO MORE USE THAN TITS ON A BOAR → 1940s sl.
► NO MORE USE THAN TITS ON A BULL → 1940s sl.
► NO MORE USE THAN TITS ON A CANARY → 1940s sl.
► NO-ACCOUNT worthless; useless; good-for-nothing; insignificant; undependable, untrustworthy, criminal → 1845 Amer. dial.
► NO-COUNT worthless, lazy, shiftless; useless, good-for-nothing; insignificant, trivial → 1853 Amer. dial.
► NO-HOPE of a person: hopeless, useless, unsuccessful → 1999 sl.
► NO-HOPING of a person: hopeless, useless → 1965 Aust. sl.
► NONCEY stupid, ineffectual, useless → 2000 sl.
► NOT WORTH A BULRUSH worthless, useless → 1838 sl.
► NOT WORTH A BUTTON worthless, useless → 1590 sl.
► NOT WORTH A CENT worthless, useless → 1964 sl.
► NOT WORTH A CONTINENTAL DAMN worthless, useless → 1905 sl.
► NOT WORTH A CRACKER worthless, useless → 1942 sl.
► NOT WORTH A CURSE worthless, useless → 1367 sl.
► NOT WORTH A DAMN worthless, useless → 1812 sl.
► NOT WORTH A DODKIN worthless, useless → 1594 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FART worthless, useless → 1650 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FARTHING worthless, useless → 1734 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FART IN A BOTTLE worthless, useless → 1998 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FART IN A HURRICANE worthless, useless → 1999 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FIDDLER’S CURSE worthless, useless → 1943 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FLANDERS PIN worthless, useless → 1550 sl.
► NOT WORTH A FLY worthless, useless → 1525 sl.
► NOT WORTH A GNAT worthless, useless → 1575 sl.
► NOT WORTH A HANG worthless, useless → 1911 sl.
► NOT WORTH A HOOT worthless, useless → 1952 sl.
► NOT WORTH A LEEK worthless, useless → 1522 sl.
► NOT WORTH A MAG worthless, useless → 1842 sl.
► NOT WORTH A MAKE worthless, useless → 1676 sl.
► NOT WORTH AN OYSTER worthless, useless → 1386 sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF BULLDUST absolutely worthless, useless → 2000 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF CAT’S PISS absolutely worthless, useless → 1999 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF COLD SHIT absolutely worthless, useless → 1980 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF COONSHIT absolutely worthless, useless → 2001 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF OWL DUNG absolutely worthless, useless → 1992 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF PISS absolutely worthless, useless → 1999 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF POOP absolutely worthless, useless → 2002 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PINCH OF SHIT absolutely worthless, useless → 1993 Can. sl.
► NOT WORTH A PISSPOT FULL OF CRABAPPLES worthless, useless → 1977 sl.
► NOT WORTH A PLUM worthless, useless → 1522 sl.
► NOT WORTH A POUND OF PISS worthless, useless → 1966 sl.
► NOT WORTH A PREEN worthless, useless → 1540 sl.
► NOT WORTH A RED CENT worthless, useless → 1900 sl.
► NOT WORTH A ROASTED FART worthless, useless → 1922 sl.
► NOT WORTH A RUSH worthless, useless → 1593 sl.
► NOT WORTH A SHIT worthless, useless → 1954 sl.
► NOT WORTH A SNAP worthless, useless → 1864 sl.
► NOT WORTH A SNAP OF ONE’S FINGERS worthless, useless → 1912 sl.
► NOT WORTH A SOW’S FART worthless, useless → 1540 sl.
► NOT WORTH A TINKER’S CUSS worthless, useless → 1957 sl.
► NOT WORTH A TINKER’S DAMN worthless, useless → 1903 sl.
► NOT WORTH A TURD worthless, useless → 1499 sl.
► NOT WORTH A WALNUT SHELL worthless, useless → 1619 sl.
► NOT WORTH A WHOOP worthless, useless → 1908 sl.
► NOT WORTH A WHOOP IN HELL worthless, useless → 1916 sl.
► NOT WORTH SHUCKS worthless, useless → 1856 sl.
► NOT WORTH THREE SKIPS OF A LOUSE worthless, useless → 1958 sl.
► NOT WORTH TWO CENTS worthless, useless → 1985 sl.
► NYETSI no good, useless, worthless → 1990s US teen sl.
► OBADOUS ► OBJADOUS useless, incapable, weakly → a1838 Sc. obs.
► ON THE SHELF inactive; useless → colloq.
► OOBADES of little value, useless → Bk1905
► PADDLING trifling, petty; useless → Bk1905 Sc.
► PONY (AND TRAP) worthless, useless → 1964 UK rhyming sl. for ‘crap’
► PUCKAROO ► PUCKEROO ► PUKAROO ► PUKARU useless, broken, out of order; destroyed, finished → 1943 NZ sl.
► PUSSY useless; insignificant → 1980s sl.
► PUTRID corrupt, decadent; loathsome, unpleasant; contemptible; dreadful, useless → 1628
► ROTTEN of a low quality or standard; poor, useless; of a person: lacking skill or talent → 1867
► SCRAG useless, inferior → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SUCK-ASS useless, pointless → 2004 African-American sl.
► THOLELESS wanting energy; not adaptable, nearly useless → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid → 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► THRAIVELESS useless, bootless; of a person: careless; disinclined to do anything; silly; silly-looking → 1892 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
► THROWAWAY  useless; superfluous; cruelly neglected → 1970s US sl.
► THRUMMY-THRUM useless, incapable → 1870 Ireland
► UBAADOUS of little value, useless → Bk1905
► UNBRICHE useless, unserviceable → 1303 obs.
► UNPURPOSE awkward; inexact; untidy; useless → 1865 Sc.
► UP THE CHUTE useless, worthless, failed, in serious trouble → 1941 Aust. sl.
► UP TO PUTTY worthless, useless; ineffectual → 1916 Aust. colloq.
► USEFUL AS A FLYWIRE DOOR ON A SUBMARINE absolutely useless → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► USEFUL AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ARSE-KICKING CONTEST absolutely useless → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► USELESS AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ASS-KICKING completely useless → 1972 Amer. sl.
► USELESS AS A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH WEDDING completely useless; superfluous; inappropriate → 1930s sl.
► USELESS AS A SLICE OF BACON AT A JEWISH WEDDING completely useless; superfluous; inappropriate → 1930s sl.
► USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR absolutely useless or futile → 1940s US sl.
► USELESS AS TWO BUGGIES IN A ONE-HORSE TOWN, AS very useless → 1985 Amer. dial.
► VAIN of material things: useless, worthless → 1578 obs.
► VAINFUL vain, unprofitable, useless → 1509 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► BAB-HOUSE a term of contempt for any ugly, useless, clumsy thing made by hand → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BAND-END ► BANDS-END anything worthless and useless; a person of no importance → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BLAD a useless thing  → Bk1898 N. Ireland
► BLIVET ► BLIVIT something that is useless, annoying or nameless → 1940s US sl., orig. Aust. military usage
► BLOW CARD any useless thing or condition; financial embarrassment → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOAT ANCHOR a useless computer; anything heavy and useless → Bk2006 US sl.
► BOONDOGGLE a trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking → M20 N. Amer. sl.
► BUSTED FLUSH  a person who or a thing which has become worthless or useless, despite once having great potential → 1882
► CAST-OFF a person or thing that is abandoned as worthless or useless → 1741
► CLONKER  ► CLUNKER  ► KLUNKER anything useless, unattractive, or incompetent → 1940s sl.
► CLUNK anything useless, unattractive, or incompetent → 1940s sl.
► CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people’s way; a useless thing;→ 1657
► DEAD LOSS an absolutely useless person, idea, or undertaking; a useless, unworkable object; a complete failure; an absolute waste of time or money → 1927 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
► DOG-DANCING useless or exaggerated activity → 1967 Can. sl.
► DUMMOCK a useless article → 19C Eng. dial.
► FADOODLE something foolish or ridiculous; nonsense; a mere nothing; a useless trifle → a1670 obs. rare
► GALLERSGOOD anything considered to be so bad or useless that it is fit only for the gallows → 18C UK criminals’ sl.
► GUBBISH nonsense; useless information → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► IDLE that which is useless, vain, or frivolous → c1000 obs. rare
► LUMBER disused articles of furniture and the like, which take up room inconveniently, or are removed to be out of the way; useless odds and ends → 1552
► MUG’S GAME a thankless activity; a useless, foolish, or unprofitable activity → 1900 UK sl.
► NACK a collection of useless or worthless things; anything of little value → 1895 Eng. dial.
► NIGNAY a knickknack, a trinket, a trifle; a trifling, useless thing or proceeding; an unnecessary ornament or frill, a gewgaw → a1689 Sc.
► PUTRIDNESS  moral corruption; decadence; rottenness; unpleasantness, uselessness → 1823
► THINGEMTY-THANGEMTY a useless, trifling article; a knickknack; something the name of which is forgotten or unknown → 1877 Eng. dial.
► THINGUMDAIRIE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten → Bk1905 Sc..
► THINGUMMAGEE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten → 1889 Eng. dial.
► THINGUMSTICK a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► THINGUMTIBOB a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten → 1881 Eng. dial.
► TING-TANG a worthless, useless person or thing → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WAIF-AND-STRAY homeless vagrants; flotsam and jetsam, useless or discarded objects; strayed cattle of unknown ownership → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WASHING OF THE BLACKAMORE, THE a vain endeavour → 1768 Sc.
► WATER HAUL a fruitless or useless effort of any kind → 1823 Amer. dial.
► WOODEN FRYING PAN a symbol of uselessness → Brit. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABLACH a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person → 1788 Sc.
► ALSO-RAN a useless person; a failure; an irrelevance → L19 sl., orig. Aust. horse-racing usage
► ASS-WIPE a useless and annoying person → Bk2000 US sl., derogatory
► BABBO an idiot; a useless underling → Bk1997 mobsters’ usage 
► BACK NUMBER an irrelevant person, a has-been; a person or thing that is behind the times, out-of-date, or useless → 1882 colloq.
► BAD EGG a person or a scheme that disappoints expectation; a useless or lazy person; a ne’er-do-well →  1855 
► BAD LOT a useless or lazy person → 1848 sl.
► BAGGOT a useless, contemptible person → 1892 Eng. dial.
► BAG OF GUTS ► BAGS O’ GUTS a useless person; a big man with little brains → 1894 US sl.
► BALONEY ► BOLOGNY ► BOLONEY an uninformed, stupid, or useless person → 1937 US sl.
► BARNEY’S BULL a person considered of little value, a useless or worthless person → 1950 sl.
► BATIE-BRIM ► BATIE-BRIMMIL a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → Bk1891 sl.
► BATIE-BUM a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler → 1572 Sc. obs., derogatory
► BAUCHLE an old, useless, worn-out person → 1820 Sc. 
► BEAN-SWAUP a useless person → Bk1898 Sc.
► BLOB a useless or insignificant person → 20C sl., chiefly Aust.
► BOBBIN-TURNER a useless effeminate fellow → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BOWER BIRD a person who collects trivia and useless objects → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BUTT-WIPE a useless and annoying person → Bk2000 US sl., derogatory
► CAST-OFF a person or thing that is abandoned as worthless or useless → 1741
► CRACK-POT a pretentiously useless, worthless person → c1860 colloq.
► CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people’s way; a useless or unprofitable occupant of a position; one that is good-for-nothing → 1657
► DA-DILLY a helpless, useless person → 1880 Sc.
► DAWDLE a lazy, indolent person; a frivolous, useless person → 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DEAD ASS an utterly boring, useless person → 1959 US sl.
► DEAD DUCK a person or thing that has become useless, worthless, or powerless → 1829 Amer. sl.
► DEAD-LEG a useless person → 2003 UK sl.
► DEAD LOSS an absolutely useless person, idea, or undertaking; a useless, unworkable object; a complete failure; an absolute waste of time or money → 1927 sl., orig. Royal Air Force
► DEAD ONE a useless person → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► DEADWOOD an incompetent or otherwise useless person → 1887 US sl.
► DRUTTLE a useless, good-for-nothing person → 19C Sc.
► EMPTY SUIT a useless or insincere person → 1980s US sl.
► FART ARSE a fool; a useless person; used contemptuously → 1940s sl.
► FART HOOK a stupid or worthless, useless person → 1973 US sl.
► FAT-HEAD one having a fat head; a stupid dolt; a senseless fellow; an oaf; one whose brain is composed of fat and is therefore useless → 1842
► FUCKED DUCK a person who has become worthless, useless, or powerless; a ‘dead duck’ → 1939 US sl.
► FUTILITARIAN one who pursues what is futile, worthless or useless → 1817
► GATHER-‘EM-UP ► GATHER-UP a useless person → 1979 Irish sl.
► GAUNT-AT-THE-DOOR an indolent, useless person, who sits at the door and yawns; an idler, a loafer; one without mental resources → 1721 Sc. obs.
► GAWDELPUS an ineffectual, useless, or incompetent person; a generally miserable looking person → 1908 sl.
► GINK a fellow; a guy; esp. an odd, eccentric, or foolish man; a stupid or useless person; someone who is unworldly or socially inept → 1906 sl., orig. US, often derogatory
► GINKERINO a stupid, useless person → 1921 US sl.
► GLYDE an old useless person → c1782 Sc.
► HARD BARGAIN a thing or person not worth its cost; a useless fellow → 1867  
► JERK a useless or stupid person → sl.
► KNACKER a worn-out, useless person → L19 sl.
► LALL a lazy, inactive, useless person; a lounger; a dawdling child hanging about its mother → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAGOO a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person → 1932 Amer. sl.
► MOMO a stupid or useless person; a blockhead → 1953 Amer. sl.
► NO TALENT a useless person → 1960s US sl.
► NO-HOPER a hopeless person; a useless or incompetent person; someone or something doomed to failure → 1944 colloq.
► NO-USER a shiftless or useless person; a failure → 1985 Irish & Sc. sl.
► NYAMPS ► NYAMS a weakling, a useless idiot → 1966 W. Indies sl.
► OIL CAN a useless person; a good-for-nothing → 1922 US sl.
► ORIGINAL LOSER a useless, talentless person → 1950s US sl.
► PAATERMENT a useless brat; an insignificant person → 1939 Sc. obs.
► PAG a useless person → 1997 Ireland
► PAPIYOT a weakling; a frail person; a useless opponent in a game → 20C W. Indies sl.
► PIKER a useless person; a failure → Aust. & NZ sl.
► PISMIRE ► PISSAMIRE a useless and contemptible person → 1870 Amer. dial.
► PUNK a weak person; a useless jerk, usually a male; a worthless man → M19 US sl.
► SHEEPHERDER a useless man; a logger wearing a farmer’s bib overalls → 1958 Amer. dial.
► SPARE PRICK, A ► SPARE PRICK AT A WEDDING, A  a person who is conspicuously and esp. embarrassingly out of place or superfluous in a particular situation; a useless person → 1961 Brit. sl.
► SPARE TIRE an unwelcome or irrelevant person; an extra or unnecessary person; a useless or unproductive person; a boring person; a dull, disliked person → 1926 US sl.
► SPASMOID one who is useless, clumsy, incompetent, and so is socially unacceptable → 1986 US college sl.
► SPASS one who is useless, clumsy, incompetent, and so is socially unacceptable → 1968 US college sl.
► SPAZ ► SPAZZ a spastic person; an ineffectual, useless, or incompetent person; a fool; an idiot; a stupid person; a clumsy, unattractive person → 1965 sl., derogatory
► SPAZZER one who is useless, clumsy, incompetent, and so is socially unacceptable → 2003 UK sl.
► SPAZZO a spastic, either actual or figuratively as a derogatory term → 1983 Aust. sl.
► TAD a person of little use or account → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TING-TANG a worthless, useless person or thing → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WALKING CORPSE a person hardly distinguishable from a corpse save by the power of movement; a feeble, useless, incapable fellow; a ‘moving piece of flesh’ → 1693
► WET RAG an oaf; a useless jerk → M20 US sl.
► WET SOCK an oaf; a useless jerk → M20 US sl.
► WIFFER-WAFFER a useless, ineffectual person → 1924 Sc.
► WIFFIE-WAFFLER a useless, ineffectual person → 1935 Sc.
► WISGAN a term of abuse; a stunted, useless, feckless person → 1894 Sc.
► WRITE-OFF a useless or worthless person; an incompetent person; a no-hoper → M20 sl., chiefly Services’
► ZERO a person of no importance or consequence; a useless, worthless, or insignificant person; a nobody, a nonentity → 1650

PHRASES
► AIN’T SHIT used of a person or object that is useless, worthless, or of absolutely no value → 1950s African-American sl.
► DON’T NEED IT ANY MORE THAN A PIG NEEDS A WALLET has no use at all for something → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HE COULDN’T ORGANIZE A PISS UP IN A BREWERY said of a useless person → 20C Aust. sl.
► YOU’RE AS MUCH USE AS MY ARSE you’re no use at all → 19C

VERBS
► BACK-NUMBER to treat as a ‘back number’; to set aside as useless → 1924 colloq.
► BARK AT A KNOT to do something useless; to waste one’s time → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BITE THE BIG ONE to be annoying or useless → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► BOONDOGGLE to engage in a trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking → M20 N. Amer. sl.
► CATCH FARTS WITH A HOOK to do something stupid or useless → 1972 Amer. sl.
► CORRUMP to bring to naught, to destroy, to mar, to spoil, to make useless → 1340 obs.
► EXFLUNCT to cause to fail, to render useless, to overcome completely → 1831 Amer. dial.
► EXFLUNCTIFY to cause to fail, to render useless, to overcome completely → 1840 Amer. dial.
► FRUSTER to render useless; to frustrate; to destroy, to ruin, to lay waste → 1513 obs.
► GET THE DUNT to rendered useless or inactive; esp. to be dismissed or rejected from a job or position → 1929 Sc.
► GO CONEY-CATCHING WITH A DEAD FERRET to undertake something with unsuitable or useless means → c1670 sl.
► GO RABBIT-HUNTING WITH A DEAD FERRET to undertake something with unsuitable or useless means → c1670 sl.
► JAMRAG ► JIMRAG to render useless; to destroy, to knock to pieces → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance → 1880 Sc.
► ODDLE to go about in an uncertain or useless way; to trifle → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PACK to be ruined or spoiled; to become useless → c1920 motor-racers’ usage
► PACK IN to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die → 1942 sl.
► POUND SAND DOWN A RAT-HOLE to occupy oneself at a futile or useless task → 1958 Amer. dial.
► STONKER to render useless; to put of action, to thwart; also, to kill, to destroy; to defeat or outwit → 1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
► STULTIFY to render nugatory, worthless, or useless → 1865