† unbehovefuladj.
Obsolete.
Not profitable or useful; unnecessary.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]
idlec825
unnuteOE
bricklec1225
tooma1250
unnaita1250
vaina1300
waste1303
overvoida1382
voida1382
superfluec1384
daylessa1387
unbehovely1390
unprofitablea1398
unbehoveful1429
wastefulc1450
idleful1483
fruster1488
vainful1509
frustrate?a1513
superfluousa1533
addle1534
lost1535
fittle1552
futilea1575
nugatory1605
futilous1607
shiftless1613
tympanous1625
emptya1628
frustraneousa1643
pointless1673
futilitous1765
otiose1795
stultificatory1931
1429 Rolls of Parl. V. 417/2 [Fortresses and places] suche as shall be thoght..unbehovefull.
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth Prol. f. 4v Neuertheles: so to do it is vnbehouefull & vnexpedyent.
1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 554 Things lawfull in themselues may be vnseemely for our state and calling; vnbehouefull also to benefit of others.
1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xxvi. 205 We hold it needlesse,..as vnbehoouefull, & to no purpose.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onbehoeflick, vnbehovefull.
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