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Indolent vs Useless - What's the difference?

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Indolent is a related term of useless.


As adjectives the difference between indolent and useless

is that indolent is habitually]] lazy, [[procrastinate|procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour while useless is without use or possibility to be used.

indolent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Habitually]] lazy, [[procrastinate, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.
    • The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
  • Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort ).
  • (medicine) Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
  • (medicine) Healing slowly.

    • Synonyms

    * work-shy * See also

    Related terms

    * indolence * indolency

    Anagrams

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    useless

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Without use or possibility to be used.
    • This fork has prongs that are bent. It's useless now.
  • Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
    • I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a wall.
    I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless . He now smokes six packs a day.
  • (pejorative, of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable.
    • Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless , but I love him anyways.
  • (colloquial, of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
    • My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.
    Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.

    Synonyms

    * (good-for-nothing) good-for-nothing * (unable to do well) unskillful

    Antonyms

    * skillful, useful

    Derived terms

    * uselessly * uselessness