inutility

English

Etymology

in- +‎ utility

Noun

inutility (usually uncountable, plural inutilities)

  1. Uselessness.
    • 1841, A Slight Sketch of the Life of Whitlock Nicholl
      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 […]
  2. Unprofitableness.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations
uselessness — see uselessness
unprofitability — see unprofitability

References
  • inutility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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