usefulness

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English

Etymology

useful +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːsfəlnəs/
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  • Hyphenation: use‧ful‧ness

Noun

usefulness (countable and uncountable, plural usefulnesses)

  1. The quality or degree of being useful.
    The usefulness of his latest reorganisation has been disputed.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , published 1842, →OCLC, page 85:
      Always kept in the background, and undervalued by Lady Anne, who disliked the spirit of active usefulness which characterized her youngest daughter, this was the first time that Isabella had been loved for herself;...

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