inutility

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The enemy now saw the inutility of any flank movement, and once more advanced in lines, redoubling their efforts to reach the island.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

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

We are doomed to pass a long winter of absolute inutility, if not of idleness, in comparative peril and privation; nevertheless the men seem very happy—thoughtless, of course, as true sailors always are.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

At the time of his death he was engaged in sketching the lives of the Irish viceroys, with the view of showing the inutility of that high post.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

For I have always held that it would be "rather rash" to conclude that any given cases of apparent inutility are certainly cases of real inutility, merely on the ground that utility is not perceived.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John