Sentence examples for are essentially useless from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, experts have known for more than 100 years that standard fielding statistics are essentially useless.

As with the Optoma, the Swivel's speakers are so small they are essentially useless, at least for communal movie watching.

For the average user – most all of us – benchmarks are essentially useless, because they don't tell you about the actual experience of using the device.

Similarly, you can't boil three pans of vegetables at the same time; two of your hot spots are essentially useless, and the best one's sorting the gravy.

And now that my mixed-drink repertory consists of chocolate milk and watered-down fruit juice, bar tricks — the kind that involve matchsticks, napkins and other bar paraphernalia — are essentially useless.

But school voucher programs don't offer the full cost of tuition at a private school, and therefore these programs are essentially useless to the neediest (often minority) families, and amount to a subsidy for middle-class (usually white) families.

That plan was essentially useless in the BP accident.

When Mobile was introduced three years ago, the system was essentially useless for the first two weeks.

It first appeared in Knitty magazine The traditional bunch of red roses is essentially useless.

(That said, many faults run right through the middle of Los Angeles, in which case, the system would be essentially useless).

The price positions the Apple Watch as a luxury, which indicates that the watch itself is essentially useless.