The pessimists are those who make purely escapist films, because they believe people are so stupid that it's useless to make a film about anything serious.
Even though it's useless to prevent every mistake (as you'll make some no matter what), preventing the mistakes you can is a wiser strategy.
Elizabeth David declares in her masterpiece French Provincial Cooking, "It is useless attempting to make a bouillabaisse away from the shores of the Mediterranean… The rascasse is essential, always served with its head".
Dan McCoy of the Santa Ana, Calif., police department, which has had a face-recognition system for two years, said it was useless at making identifications from grainy store-surveillance videos.
Now that the disease has lodged in His Excellency's bone-marrow, it is useless for me to make further comments.
If your goal is to get the highest efficiency at completing a task with either hand, then it's pretty useless to make your dominant hand even more skilled and is more important to focus your attention on gaining skill in your non-dominant hand.
"What they're doing is very interesting for the world of gastronomy, the diversity of what they're exploring, none of it is useless, it makes cuisine more interesting.
It is useless for analyzing history or making forecasts.
The main thing is: for example, if the bag is full, the suction won't be strong and it will be almost useless to make the effort.
The canal will be useless to them, making California their best option.
None of it works, all of it is useless, and all of it will make the computer crash.
