uselessness

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  1. The state or character of being useless; unserviceableness; unfitness for any valuable purpose or for the purpose intended.

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  • It was an uncomfortably large sum and Thorby could find no entry charging him interest against a capital share of the ship -- which he felt should be there for proper accounting; it wasn't as if he had been born in the ship. —  Citizen Of The Galaxy
  • So they went to the woodpecker, who had a hole in the tree for himself, and he said he would take it. —  The Magic Faraway Tree
  • He had given no specific instructions as to what Elliot was supposed to do. —  Spoor of the Antis
  • Kira glanced a frown toward the window, then chided herself for the uselessness of the gesture and looked away. —  Time's Enemy
  • "Let's get on with it, by all means." —  The Miko
 

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/ˈjuslɛsnɛs/
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