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Search phrase: useless

Plays

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The TempestTem V.i.60Now useless, boiled within thy skull. There stand,(Now vselesse) boile within thy skull: there stand

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.859 And useless barns the harvest of his wits, And vselesse barnes the haruest of his wits:

Glossary

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bootlessuseless, worthless, fruitless, unavailing
chaffy[as of chaff] worthless, useless, trashy
edgelessblunted, useless, ineffective
effectlessineffective, fruitless, useless
fruitlessbarren, sterile, useless
helplessunavailing, useless, unprofitable
idleuseless, barren, worthless
naughtworthless, useless, of no value
thriftlessuseless, worthless, unprofitable
uneffectualineffectual, ineffective, useless
vainworthless, idle, useless, empty

Thesaurus

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uselessbootless
uselesschaffy
uselessidle
uselessthriftless
uselessuneffectual
uselessvain
uselesseffectless
uselessedgeless
uselessnaught
uselesshelpless
uselessfruitless

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift... barn* luc 859 he sits / and useless barns the harvest of his wits   ...

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