inutility
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Etymology
Origin of inutility
From the Latin word inūtilitās, dating back to 1590–1600. See inutile, -ity
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For I have always held that it would be "rather rash" to conclude that any given cases of apparent inutility are certainly cases of real inutility, merely on the ground that utility is not perceived.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
Repentance supposes sobriety and few wants; hence the inutility of riches.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
He resumed his writing, and Mrs. Clavering, after pausing a few moments, saw the inutility of urging anything further, and walked slowly and sadly back to the house.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
And have you not, while heartily wishing yourself in the saddle, felt the utter inutility of administering any counsels to the rider?
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
He shouted, and called, and thumped, just as you or I might have done, without any regard to its manifest inutility.
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
A gentleman, on the contrary, in addition to his other noble inutilities, is useless as an almanac.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various
Let none therefore be surprised if our love fastens on these majestic dogmas, by which we are more and more overshadowed, on these higher inutilities which are our vocation.
From Underground Man by Tarde, Gabriel
Ulysses Aldrovandus was a celebrated naturalist of the sixteenth century, and his work on natural history, in thirteen folio volumes, contains with much that is valuable a large proportion of fables and inutilities.
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas
We never grudged millions to burrow beneath New York for light, or for drink or speed, why then should we grudge them for the beautiful inutilities that might make the surface of the city splendid.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
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