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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tool +‎ -ish +‎ ness, influenced by foolishness

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • 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.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

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