駄目駄目

だめだめ ダメダメ

entirely useless, completely worthless

駄目

だめ ダメ

no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken

無駄になる

むだになる

to come to nothing, to be in vain, to lead nowhere

駄目元

だめもと ダメもと

giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

駄目詰め

だめづめ

filling neutral points; filling dame points

無駄にする

むだにする

to render futile, to bring to naught, to waste, to not make good use of

羽目になる

はめになる ハメになる

to get stuck with (some job), to end up with (something unpleasant)

駄目を押す

だめをおす

to make sure, to make doubly sure

駄目で元々

だめでもともと ダメでもともと

giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

目に余る

めにあまる

to be intolerable, to be unpardonable

目にする

めにする

to see, to witness, to observe, to catch sight of, to get a glimpse of, to encounter

目に入る

めにはいる

to catch sight of, to come into view, to happen to see

目に映る

めにうつる

to be visible to, to be seen by, to meet one's eyes

目が点になる

めがてんになる

to be stunned, to be surprised, one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)

無駄死に

むだじに むだしに

dying in vain

無駄にしない

むだにしない

make good use of, make the most of

駄弁る

だべる ダベる だべんる

to jabber, to chatter, to chat with

駄駄を捏ねる

だだをこねる

to be unreasonable, to whine, to throw a tantrum

駄

だ た

poor, low-grade, trivial, insignificant, worthless