ab-usefulnessn.
/abˈjuːsf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌæbˈjusfəlnəs/ rare.
Capacity to be used improperly.
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1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last 124 And it depends on the person, much more than on the article, whether its usefulness or ab-usefulness will be the quality developed in it.
2001 W. R. Thompson Evolutionary Interpr. World Politics i. ii. 47 All theories run the risk of a certain political (ab)usefulness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1862- in the hale
- in the halfpenny place
- in the hands of
- in the hard
- in the hazard of
- in the head of
- in the heat of (the) battle
- in the heel of the hunt
- in the heels of the hunt
- in the height
- in the herb
- in the high ruff
- in the highest
- in the hole
- in the honorance of
- in the honour of
- in the hundred
- in the individual
- in the inside of
- in the interest interests of
- in the interest of
- in the interim
- in the issue
- in the its height
- in the knot