Meaning | The quality of having no practical use. |
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Synonyms | inutility, unusefulness |
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Narrower | futility | uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result |
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impracticability, impracticableness | The quality of not being usable |
impracticality | concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use |
worthlessness | The quality of being without practical use |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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Opposite | utility, usefulness | The quality of being of practical use |
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Spanish | inoperancia, inutilidad |
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Catalan | inoperància, inutilitat |
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Adjectives | useless | having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully |
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