inutility
Example Sentences
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That which is an eternal subject of dispute is an eternal inutility.
From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)
No words could express the dulness and inutility of a collection which should embrace all the Roxburghe and Pepys broadsides—a scope with which this publication was most undeservedly credited by an English journal.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
And have you not, while heartily wishing yourself in the saddle, felt the utter inutility of administering any counsels to the rider?
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
In spite of the inutility of his miracles, Paul worked more at Lystra; he there cured a lame man, in whom by mere inspection he discovered much faith.
From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter
In spite of its commercial inutility, there are few trees of the South American forest more interesting than the manguba.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
