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UNUSEFULNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unusefulness mean? 

UNUSEFULNESS (noun)
  The noun UNUSEFULNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of having no practical useplay

  Familiarity information: UNUSEFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNUSEFULNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of having no practical use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inutility; unusefulness; uselessness

Hypernyms ("unusefulness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unusefulness"):

futility (uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result)

worthlessness (the quality of being without practical use)

impracticality (concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use)

impracticability; impracticableness (the quality of not being usable)


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