different between youre vs useless

English

Contraction

youre

1. Misspelling of you're.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ?ower.

Alternative forms

• your, yowyr, yowur, yor, yur, yure, yeur, yhure, yhour, yhoure, ?our, ?oure, ?owyr, ?owur, ?or, ?ore, ?ur, ?ure, ?iore, ?hour, ?houre, ?aure, ?iure, ?iwer, ?eur, ?eure, ?euer, ?euwer, ?ewer, ?ewere, gur, gure, giur, giure, giuor, giuer, giuwer, giwer, ihore, ihoire, iure, eour, eoure, eouer, eouwer, eouwere, eower, eowwer, eore, eur, eure, euwer, euwere, our, oure, or, ore, ouer, ouwer, ouwere, ower, owur, hour, æure

Determiner

youre (nominative pronoun ye)

1. second-person plural possessive determiner: your (plural)
2. (formal) second-person singular possessive determiner: your (singular).

Descendants

• English: your

See also

References

• “your, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.

English

Etymology

From use +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?s.l?s/

Adjective

useless (comparative more useless or uselesser, superlative most useless or uselessest)

1. Without use or possibility to be used.

2. Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).

3. (derogatory, of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable.

4. (colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.

Synonyms

• (good-for-nothing): good-for-nothing
• (unable to do well): unskillful

Antonyms

• skillful, useful

Derived terms

• uselessly
• uselessness

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