unusefulnessn.
Uselessness.
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unavailableness1548
inutility1598
disuse1628
disserviceableness1635
uselessness1641
improfitablenessa1643
unusefulness1694
good-for-nothingness1740
non-utility1775
unproductiveness1777
valuelessness1830
unprofiting1867
servicelessness1874
1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason ix. 268 His notion of a Person, the unusefulness of it to the salving of the Holy Trinity shewed.
a1881 J. Skinner Let. in M. Trench James Skinner: Mem. (1883) 120 The notion of ——'s usefulness to the Church and of ——'s so-called unusefulness is a purely human..notion.
1886 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 304 Frivolous unusefulness, or passion for diversion and excitement.
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- to right one's helm
- to right the helm
- to rightforth rule
- to rights
- to rightward
- to rightward of
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- to ring a peal
- to ring a person a peal
- to ring a person's bell
- to ring about a person's ears
- to ring all in
- to ring around
- to ring awk
- to ring back
- to ring bees
- to ring bells backward
- to ring changes
- to ring chimes
- to ring false
- to ring hollow
- to ring in
- to ring in a person's ears
- to ring in a person's heart