3
sterile
2
failing
2
hopeless(adjective, useless, vain, ineffective, unsuccessful)
2
inferior(adjective, inadequate, limited, feeble, useless)
2
innocuous(adjective, inferior, inadequate, limited, feeble)
2
limited(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble, useless)
2
meaningless
2
unfortunate
2
unrewarding(adjective, arouse bad feelings)
2
unskillful(incompetent, wasteful, unproductive, inutility)
2
void(adjective, inferior, inadequate, useless, trivial)
2
weak(skill, incompetent, unfit, inept, powerless)
1
abstract(wild, unreasonable, useless, absurd, unrealistic)
1
absurd(wild, unreasonable, useless, unrealistic, unattainable)
1
anticlimactic(adjective, inferior, inadequate, limited, feeble)
1
chimerical(wild, unreasonable, useless, absurd, abstract)
1
clumsy(weak, skill, inadequate, unfit, inept)
1
defeasible(adjective, inferior, inadequate, limited, feeble)
1
dispensable
1
effete
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