uselessness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *uselessness*:
NOUN	attribute	uselessness, inutility, unusefulness	the quality of having no practical use

English > *uselessness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of having no practical use.
Synonyms	inutility, unusefulness
Narrower	futility	uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
	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
Opposite	utility, usefulness	The quality of being of practical use
Spanish	inoperancia, inutilidad
Catalan	inoperància, inutilitat
Adjectives	useless	having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

HyperDic: uselessness