unusefuladj.

/ʌnˈjuːsfʊl/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.

a. Unprofitable, useless. (Very common in 17th cent.) In 18th and 19th-century use chiefly with negatives.

ΘΚΠ

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

leera1250

unprofitablea1398

noughtc1400

inutile1484

unutilea1500

vain1578

useless1593

unuseful1604

serviceless1608

aidless1674

unproductive1713

good-for-nothing1727

nowt1790

invaluable1803

stupid1844

dud1904

puckerooed1919

1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. V Bowling, carding, dicing, and other vnlawful, and vnvseful games.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 219 Gold and silver they despise,..esteeming it rather an unusefull burden than a profitable merchandize.

1675 N. Grew Disc. conc. Mixture i. 6 Which Definition..is both Unintelligible, and Unuseful.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 57 b A new, and not unuseful Invention.

1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. i. iii. 32 It is no unuseful sentiment that we collect from reading [etc.].

1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. xiii. 269 This may be no unuseful hint for the English Boroughmongers.

1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island ii. 160 Still-life was theirs, well pleasing to themselves, Nor yet unuseful.

1977 Western Morning News 1 Sept. 8/1 A correspondent in Derriford, Plymouth, says he finds it is the unnecessary or ‘unuseful’ noises which annoy him most.

1982 Notes & Queries Aug. 357/2 The transference of the term to English literature is unuseful.

1984 Notes & Queries June 259/1 The concatenation of Rolle, Langland and Wycliffe is decidedly unuseful.

b. Const. to; also for, towards.

ΚΠ

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xx. 133 The Streamers vnusefull to the Sailes, and onely hanging for brauery.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. x. §3 Birds that will flutter with their wings when..as yet [they are] utterly unuseful for flying.

1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity xvi. 133 The Law of Nature..became unuseful to the End it was made for.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §1. 118 Something not unuseful towards a distinct knowledge of our passions.

1797 ‘English Lady’ Resid. in France II. 10 My ideas..may not be unuseful to..my countrymen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	unuseful
释义	unusefuladj. /ʌnˈjuːsfʊl/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. a. Unprofitable, useless. (Very common in 17th cent.) In 18th and 19th-century use chiefly with negatives. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] leera1250 unprofitablea1398 noughtc1400 inutile1484 unutilea1500 vain1578 useless1593 unuseful1604 serviceless1608 aidless1674 unproductive1713 good-for-nothing1727 nowt1790 invaluable1803 stupid1844 dud1904 puckerooed1919 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. V Bowling, carding, dicing, and other vnlawful, and vnvseful games. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 219 Gold and silver they despise,..esteeming it rather an unusefull burden than a profitable merchandize. 1675 N. Grew Disc. conc. Mixture i. 6 Which Definition..is both Unintelligible, and Unuseful. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 57 b A new, and not unuseful Invention. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. i. iii. 32 It is no unuseful sentiment that we collect from reading [etc.]. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. xiii. 269 This may be no unuseful hint for the English Boroughmongers. 1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island ii. 160 Still-life was theirs, well pleasing to themselves, Nor yet unuseful. 1977 Western Morning News 1 Sept. 8/1 A correspondent in Derriford, Plymouth, says he finds it is the unnecessary or ‘unuseful’ noises which annoy him most. 1982 Notes & Queries Aug. 357/2 The transference of the term to English literature is unuseful. 1984 Notes & Queries June 259/1 The concatenation of Rolle, Langland and Wycliffe is decidedly unuseful. b. Const. to; also for, towards. ΚΠ 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xx. 133 The Streamers vnusefull to the Sailes, and onely hanging for brauery. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. x. §3 Birds that will flutter with their wings when..as yet [they are] utterly unuseful for flying. 1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity xvi. 133 The Law of Nature..became unuseful to the End it was made for. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §1. 118 Something not unuseful towards a distinct knowledge of our passions. 1797 ‘English Lady’ Resid. in France II. 10 My ideas..may not be unuseful to..my countrymen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1604
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