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Webster 1913 Edition

Inutility

Inˊu-til′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
inutilitas
: cf. F.
inutilité
.]
Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness;
as, the
inutility
of vain speculations and visionary projects
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inutility

INUTIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. inutilitas; in and utilitas. See Utility.]
Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.

Definition 2024

inutility

inutility

English

Noun

inutility ‎(usually uncountable, plural inutilities)

  1. uselessness
    • 1841, A Slight Sketch of the Life of Whitlock Nicholl
      But I will hope better things for young Robert's sake; that he will learn something more important than that most useless of all inutilities, the forging of hexameters and pentameters […]
  2. unprofitableness

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  • inutility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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