бесполезный

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Russian

Etymology

From бес- (bes-) +‎ по́льза (pólʹza) +‎ -ный (-nyj); see поле́зный (poléznyj) for the phonological development.

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Adjective

бесполе́зный (bespoléznyj)

  1. useless, unavailing, vain
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 10”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      — Аристократи́зм, либерали́зм, прогре́сс, при́нципы, — говори́л ме́жду тем База́ров, — поду́маешь, ско́лько иностра́нных… и бесполе́зных слов! Ру́сскому челове́ку они́ да́ром не нужны́.
      — Aristokratízm, liberalízm, progréss, príncipy, — govoríl méždu tem Bazárov, — podúmaješʹ, skólʹko inostránnyx… i bespoléznyx slov! Rússkomu čelovéku oní dárom ne nužný.
      "Aristocracy, liberalism, progress, principles," said Bazarov. "Just think what a lot of foreign . . . and useless words! To a Russian they're no good for anything!"

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