Usefulness

//ˈjuːsfəlnəs//

"Usefulness" in a Sentence (14 examples)

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.

In the past, I didn't know the usefulness of eternity. But now, I realize that at least it gives us an opportunity to learn German.

The only political or military leader who has had an equally significant impact on the history of Europe is Adolf Hitler, who was more destructive than Napoleon, who at least had some accomplishments of lasting usefulness.

Usefulness must be combined with pleasantness.

Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat and the privilege of being alive.

The ladybird, being known for its usefulness in the fight against the black aphid, has several names in Kabyle, including "the cow of orphans".

The usefulness of a pot is in its emptiness.

A database could include a way to put alternative translations in an order of usefulness, naturalness or on how well they match the meaning of the sentences they are attached to, or in some other useful order.

The usefulness of a sentence for language learners depends on what level each learner is at.

People don't understand the usefulness of uselessness.

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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;...

Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: […] and the general usefulness of the book as a self-administered method for changing behavior or psychological change.

It turns out, there’s research that backs up the usefulness of lowering our expectations. Participants in one study had to make decisions that either led to financial gains or losses, all while inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. Researchers then duplicated this experiment as an app to crowdsource more data.

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