Inutility

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Uselessness. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the quality of having no practical use wordnet
  3. 3
    Unprofitableness. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Something of no use. countable, usually

    "But I will hope better things for young Robert's sake; that he will learn something more important than that most useless of all inutilities, the forging of hexameters and pentameters […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
uselessnessdisrepairdisutilityunsuitabilityunusabilityunusefulness

Example

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"But I will hope better things for young Robert's sake; that he will learn something more important than that most useless of all inutilities, the forging of hexameters and pentameters […]"

Etymology

From in- + utility, from Latin inutilitas.

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