Uselessness

Synonyms for "uselessness" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(3 words)

inutility critique descriptor

bankruptcy bootlessness counterproductiveness counterproductivity defeat disrepair emptiness failure fatuity futility

Strong matches (20)

Noun(2 words)

futility ineffectiveness

ill successimpoliticalness impoliticness inadvisability inanity inappropriateness inaptitude incompetence incongruity inconvenience inconveniency ineffectiveness ineffectuality ineffectualness inefficaciousness inefficacy ineptitude inexpedience

Related words (32)

inexpediency infelicity inopportuneness invaliditylosing gameno gononaccomplishment nonsuccess successlessness undesirability unfitness unfittingness unfortunateness unmeetness unprofitability unprofitableness unseasonableness unseemliness unsuccess unsuccessfulness

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unsuitability untimeliness unwiseness vanity worthlessness wrongness

Noun(5 words)

label pointlessnessstate of worthlessnessunusefulness worthlessness

Determiner(1 words)

no value

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

condition descriptor quality state term

More specific

4 entries

descriptive labelinefficiencypejorative labelworthlessness

Collocations

6 entries

degree of uselessnessextreme uselessnessperceived uselessnessuselessness in educationuselessness in scienceutter uselessness

Inflections

1 entries

uselessnesses

Derivations

2 entries

useless uselessly

Antonyms

1 entries

usefulness

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The best doctor is the one who knows about the uselessness of the majority of medicines.

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People don't understand the usefulness of uselessness.

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