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Definition of Inutility
1. Noun. The quality of having no practical use.
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Futility, Worthlessness, Impracticality, Impracticability, Impracticableness
Derivative terms: Inutile, Useless
Antonyms: Utility, Usefulness
Definition of Inutility
1. n. Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.
Definition of Inutility
1. Noun. uselessness ¹
2. Noun. unprofitableness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inutility
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Medical Definition of Inutility
1. Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects. Origin: L. Inutilitas: cf. F. Inutilite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inutility
Literary usage of Inutility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Rhipps (1895)
"Madame Bonaparte called this business a Tile system of espionage. My remarks on
the inutility of the measure were made in vain. Bonaparte had the weakness ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"... Imprisonment for Debt are Violations of Magna Charta, and therefore Illegal;
and also the Cruelty and inutility of the Present System. Second Edition. ..."
3. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1859)
"... but, apprised of Ground taken by England, declares inutility of proceeding
till that Ground is abandoned — Debates in British Parliament upon receiving ..."
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