бесполезность

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Russian

Etymology

бесполе́зный (bespoléznyj) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ)

Pronunciation

Noun

бесполе́зность (bespoléznostʹf inan (genitive бесполе́зности, nominative plural бесполе́зности, genitive plural бесполе́зностей)

  1. 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