inutility
AmericanEtymology
Origin of inutility
From the Latin word inūtilitās, dating back to 1590–1600. See inutile, -ity
Example Sentences
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Is not this supremely ridiculous? and the absurdity is only heightened by the inutility, for I do not find that the Israelites were ever let off from any punishment by reason of the scapegoat.
From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles
It is simply that one has come to enjoy a season of lordly inutility, when for the space of a day or two the cash-nexus hangs upon the world as light as air.
From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert
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'
No words could express the dulness and inutility of a collection which should embrace all the Roxburghe and Pepys broadsides—a scope with which this publication was most undeservedly credited by an English journal.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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
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