Effect and Usefulness

Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Usefulness and effect are semantically related. in power topic. In some cases you can use "Usefulness" instead a noun "Effect".

Usefulness noun - The capacity for being useful for some purpose.

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Effect and usefulness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a noun "Usefulness".

Nearby Words: use, useful, usefully

best	best effect	best usefulness
exact	exact effect	exact usefulness
better	better effect	better usefulness
similar	similar effect	similar usefulness
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, great, possible, overall.

It is often punctuated with words to the effect of "You have outlived your usefulness" or "you have served your purpose" before the murder.

Source: You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Further, all of his special abilities grant a positive effect when used, but impose a negative side-effect that reduces their usefulness to novelty at best.

Source: Video Game / Wild ARMs 1
In Arx Fatalis, there's an area-of-effect spell literally called Life Drain, but it's of questionable usefulness.

Source: Life Drain

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