Definitions
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- noun The nature of being a tool.
- noun Being overly concerned with tools rather than results.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Walking around with a bullhorn gives all the authority of a gun, without any of the toolishness or danger of it accidentally discharging in your sweatpants.
Assholes Finish First Tucker Max 2010
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A broken piece of granite used for macadamising a road is a more complex instrument, about the toolishness of which no doubt can be entertained.
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Samuel Butler 1868
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck took Jason's idiocy / toolishness especially to heart, probably because she'd gone to the effort of donning a wedding dress at the viewing party she hosted in her apartment.
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