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non-usefulness

non-usefulness noun: the property of not being useful; inutility.

Noun

non-usefulness (uncountable)

  1. The property of not being useful; inutility.
    • We are gratified to find that the chief design of the meeting now called for, is to take steps for demanding a “deed of settlement,” a determination we have long labored to impress on the minds of the shareholders as the great necessity to the proper direction of the affairs, and the solving of the...1847 January 16, The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, volume I (New Series), number 3, Perth, W.A.: Elizabeth Macfaull, →OCLC, page [2], column 3
    • For some time intense pressure has been brought to bear upon the Government from Nonconformist quarters to push the bill through, even to the extent of making an issue of the usefulness or non-usefulness of the House of Lords as a legislative body.1906 November 18, “The Progress of Events in Foreign Countries […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of non-usefulness

alternative formnonusefulness

Origin of non-usefulness

From non-useful + -ness.

Questions about non-usefulness

What does non-usefulness mean?
Non-usefulness means the property of not being useful; inutility.
What part of speech is non-usefulness?
Non-usefulness is a noun.

Words near non-usefulness in the dictionary

  1. non-unit
  2. non-units
  3. non-urgent
  4. non-use
  5. non-useful
  6. non-usefulness
  7. non-user
  8. non-users
  9. non-uses
  10. non-vaper
  11. non-vapers

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