Definitions for uselessness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

use•lessˈyus lɪs(adj.)

  1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing.

  2. without useful qualities; of no practical good.

Origin of useless:

1585–95

use′less•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. inutility, uselessness, unusefulness(noun)

    the quality of having no practical use

Wiktionary

  1. uselessness(Noun)

    the quality of being useless


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