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Russian
Etymology
бесполе́зный (bespoléznyj) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
бесполе́зность • (bespoléznostʹ) f inan (genitive бесполе́зности, nominative plural бесполе́зности, genitive plural бесполе́зностей)
- uselessness
1877, Лев Толстой, “Часть II Глава IX”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:Он говорил и смотрел на её смеющиеся, страшные теперь для него своею непроницаемостью глаза и, говоря, чувствовал всю бесполезность и праздность своих слов.- On govoril i smotrel na jejó smejuščijesja, strašnyje teperʹ dlja nevo svojeju nepronicajemostʹju glaza i, govorja, čuvstvoval vsju bespoleznostʹ i prazdnostʹ svoix slov.
- He talked and looked at her laughing eyes, which frightened him now with their impenetrable look, and, as he talked, he felt all the uselessness and idleness of his words.
Declension