inutilityn.

/ɪnjuːˈtɪlɪti/

Etymology: < French inutilité (1416 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), or Italian inutilità (Florio), < Latin inūtilit-ās , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + ūtilitās utility n.: see inutile adj. and -ity suffix.

a. The quality or state of being useless; want of utility; uselessness, unprofitableness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun]

unavailableness1548

inutility1598

disuse1628

disserviceableness1635

uselessness1641

improfitablenessa1643

unusefulness1694

good-for-nothingness1740

non-utility1775

unproductiveness1777

valuelessness1830

unprofiting1867

servicelessness1874

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inutilita, disprofit, inutilitie, vnprofitablenes.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. li. 165 The Mahometanes, by reason of it's invtilitie, forbid the teaching of it [sc. Rhetoric] vnto their children.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. B7 The vanity and inutility thereof he did alwayes, and absolutely despise.

1731 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 2 Aug. in J. Swift Lett. (1766) III. 45 The absolute inutility I am of to those whom I should be the best pleased to serve.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 132 The moral impossibility, as well as inutility in point of profit, of forcing a son to greater violence and rigour against his mother.

1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 14 To teach me, like Faustus, to find nothing in knowledge but its inutility.

b. An instance of uselessness; a thing or person that is useless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless

unnuteOE

inutility1802

dead letter1864

good-for-nothing1873

1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 433 Give me the spot where victories have been won over the inutilities of nature by the efforts of human art.

1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) II. xvii. 77 One of the beautiful Inutilities, who sits in sweet stupidity, [and] plays off the small simpers.

1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xxviii. 438 Constantly engaged in the purchase of inutilities or superfluities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	inutility
释义	inutilityn. /ɪnjuːˈtɪlɪti/ Etymology: < French inutilité (1416 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), or Italian inutilità (Florio), < Latin inūtilit-ās , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + ūtilitās utility n.: see inutile adj. and -ity suffix. a. The quality or state of being useless; want of utility; uselessness, unprofitableness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] unavailableness1548 inutility1598 disuse1628 disserviceableness1635 uselessness1641 improfitablenessa1643 unusefulness1694 good-for-nothingness1740 non-utility1775 unproductiveness1777 valuelessness1830 unprofiting1867 servicelessness1874 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inutilita, disprofit, inutilitie, vnprofitablenes. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. li. 165 The Mahometanes, by reason of it's invtilitie, forbid the teaching of it [sc. Rhetoric] vnto their children. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. B7 The vanity and inutility thereof he did alwayes, and absolutely despise. 1731 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 2 Aug. in J. Swift Lett. (1766) III. 45 The absolute inutility I am of to those whom I should be the best pleased to serve. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 132 The moral impossibility, as well as inutility in point of profit, of forcing a son to greater violence and rigour against his mother. 1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 14 To teach me, like Faustus, to find nothing in knowledge but its inutility. b. An instance of uselessness; a thing or person that is useless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless unnuteOE inutility1802 dead letter1864 good-for-nothing1873 1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 433 Give me the spot where victories have been won over the inutilities of nature by the efforts of human art. 1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) II. xvii. 77 One of the beautiful Inutilities, who sits in sweet stupidity, [and] plays off the small simpers. 1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xxviii. 438 Constantly engaged in the purchase of inutilities or superfluities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598
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