inutilitarian
inutilitarian adjective: useless.
Adjective
inutilitarian (comparative more inutilitarian, superlative most inutilitarian)
- useless
- Poetry has then its weedage plenteous and pestilent. Yet count not the thousand apparently inutilitarian charms and sweetnesses, as parts of this weedage: a wreath of roses has its own worth no less than a sheaf of corn.1853, Thomas Toke Lynch, Essays on some of the forms of Literature, page 29
Forms of inutilitarian
| comparative | more inutilitarian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inutilitarian |
Origin of inutilitarian
From in- + utilitarian.
Questions about inutilitarian
- What does inutilitarian mean?
- Inutilitarian means useless.
- What part of speech is inutilitarian?
- Inutilitarian is an adjective.
Words near inutilitarian in the dictionary
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