Uselessness and Usefulness

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Uselessness noun - The quality of having no practical use.

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Usefulness is an antonym for uselessness.

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

Usage example: the well-known usefulness of thick phone books as seat boosters for short diners

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Uselessness is an antonym for usefulness in topics: value, utility.

Nearby Words: use, useful, usefully

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Usefulness and Uselessness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/uselessness/usefulness

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