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usefulness

Syllables: use·ful·ness/ˈjuːsfəlnəs/

usefulness noun: the quality or degree of being useful.

Noun

usefulness (countable and uncountable, plural usefulnesses)

  1. The quality or degree of being useful.
    • The usefulness of his latest reorganisation has been disputed.
    • Always kept in the background, and undervalued by Lady Anne, who disliked the spirit of active usefulness which characterized her youngest daughter, this was the first time that Isabella had been loved for herself;...1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 85
    Synonyms:
    utility

usefulness meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam

usefulness in Hindi

quality of being useful
उपयोगिता upyogitā, उपयुक्तता upyuktatā

usefulness in Urdu

فائدہ

usefulness in Malayalam

quality of being useful
പ്രയോജനം prayōjanaṁ

Examples of usefulness in a sentence

  • It turns out, there’s research that backs up the usefulness of lowering our expectations.
  • But inevitably, my cisness crumbled, and with it, my belief in the usefulness of gender itself.
  • However, 20% of the normal population also has the allele, reducing its usefulness in diagnostic testing.

All 30 example sentences with usefulness

Synonyms of usefulness

Forms of usefulness

pluralusefulnesses

Origin of usefulness

From useful + -ness.

Questions about usefulness

What does usefulness mean?
Usefulness means the quality or degree of being useful.
What is usefulness in Hindi?
Usefulness in Hindi is उपयोगिता (upyogitā), उपयुक्तता (upyuktatā). See Usefulness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is usefulness?
Usefulness is a noun.
How do you pronounce usefulness?
Usefulness is pronounced /ˈjuːsfəlnəs/.
What is the plural of usefulness?
The plural of usefulness is usefulnesses.

Words near usefulness in the dictionary

  1. usefuller
  2. usefullest
  3. usefullish
  4. usefullness
  5. usefully
  6. usefulness
  7. usefulnesses
  8. usegroup
  9. usegroups
  10. usehold
  11. useless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: usefulness (page history and authors); usefulness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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