inutility
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Etymology
Origin of inutility
From the Latin word inūtilitās, dating back to 1590–1600. See inutile, -ity
Example Sentences
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A very large amount of testimony, going to show the inefficiency and inutility of medicine, might be presented; but I have limited myself to a selection of some of the more striking and important.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
The enemy now saw the inutility of any flank movement, and once more advanced in lines, redoubling their efforts to reach the island.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
In the edition from which my translation is chiefly made, four poetical quotations are here inserted on the subject of fate, and the inutility of anxious forebodings.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
Obviously, therefore, the inutility in such cases is taken to have been prior to any utility subsequently acquired; and genera are not historically prior to the species in which they originate.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
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
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