1.   These flaws could make the software virtually useless in a business environment.

2.   Drugs are useless in treating the condition.

3.   The tent is useless in wet conditions.

4.   The old style handcuffs were often useless in a violent situation.

5.   More than half of the seats checked in a survey were so badly anchored they would be useless in a crash.

6.   And recently, the wife of troubled ex-Arizona Cardinals star Luis Sharpe found the order useless in stopping her husband despite repeated arrests.

7.   And the models that insurance companies had used to assess their potential exposure for years became useless in less than a minute.

8.   Apricots are all but useless in gauging the season.

9.   Another recent study showed that zinc lozenges were useless in warding off colds in children.

10.   Because the scar tissue is harder than plaque, balloon angioplasty is often useless in treating in-stent restenosis.