Definition of Inutility

1. Noun. The quality of having no practical use.

Exact synonyms: Unusefulness, Uselessness
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

inuring
inurn
inurned
inurning
inurnment
inurnments
inurns
inusitate
inusitation
inust
inustion
inustions
inutile
inutilely
inutilities
inutility (current term)
inutterability
inutterable
inuysybel
inv
invA protein
invaccination
invacuate
invacuated
invacuates
invacuating
invadable
invade
invaded
invader

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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