Usefulness

//ˈjuːsfəlnəs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or degree of being useful. countable, uncountable

    "The usefulness of his latest reorganisation has been disputed."

  2. 2
    the quality of being of practical use wordnet

Synonyms

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utilityutilityaccountadvantageadvantageousnessadvisability

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"The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies."

Etymology

From useful + -ness.

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