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  • 1Useful — Use ful, a. Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a… …

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  • 2useful life — use·ful life n: an estimated amount of time during which an asset or facility will yield income or be useful see also depreciation 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 3Useful arts — (also called technics) are concerned with the skills and methods of practical subjects such as manufacture and craftsmanship. The word has now gone out of fashion, but it was coined during the Victorian era as an antonym to the performing arts… …

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  • 4Useful idiot (disambiguation) — Useful idiot may refer to:Entertainment* Useful Idiot , a song by progressive rock band Tool from their 1996 album Ænima * Useful Idiots , a novel by Jan MarkPolitics*Useful idiot, a political term used during the Cold War …

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  • 5useful — index applicable, beneficial, constructive (creative), contributory, convenient, disposable, effective ( …

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  • 6Useful Island — (coord|64|43|S|62|52|W|) is an island 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Rongé Island, with a string of rocks between, lying in Gerlache Strait off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897 99, under Adrien… …

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  • 7useful office — index service (assistance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8useful — 1590s, from USE (Cf. use) (n.) + FULL (Cf. full). Related: Usefully; usefulness …

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  • 9useful — [adj] beneficial, valuable advantageous, all purpose, applied, appropriate, brave, commodious, convenient, effective, favorable, fit, fruitful, functional, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, meet, of assistance, of service, of use, practicable,… …

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  • 10useful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways. 2) informal very able or competent. DERIVATIVES usefully adverb usefulness noun …

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