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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  • By an astonishing inadvertence the bull itself bears witness to its uselessness, at least for the time in which it was given: "We accord to you," it runs, "the permission to celebrate the sacraments in times of interdict in your churches, if you come to have any ." —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier.
  • Huxley declares that the sense of uselessness is the severest shock which the human system can sustain, and that if persistently sustained, it results in atrophy of function. —  20 Years At Hull House
  • The men quickly indicted the cathedral for its uselessness, and the canon asked them what in their minds should be its future. —  20 Years At Hull House
  • Running a close second in supreme uselessness is our other "local" daily, the Greensboro N&R (I could expand at length, but it's not a place I'm going to go in this e-mail). —  Dr.J's HouseCalls
  • Once the majesty of its perverse uselessness is complete, and eroding, people wallow in the truth of the narrative. —  Miss Representation
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