How To Pronounce Useless

In British English, useless is pronounced /ˈjuːs.ləs/ or /ˈjuːs.lɪs/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈjʷuːs.ləs]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈjuːs.ləs/.

Useless has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.