Slothful vs Useless - What's the difference?

Slothful is a related term of useless.

is that slothful is lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth while useless is without use or possibility to be used.

* slothfull (archaic)

(en adjective)

Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth.

* He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. - Proverbs. 18:9

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(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.

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

* skillful, useful

* uselessly * uselessness