Meanings
nounuselessness (countable and uncountable, plural uselessnesses)
plural uselessnesses
- countableuncountableThe state or quality of being useless.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of having no practical use
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃eyt-der.?
- Proto-Italic*oitōr
- Latinūtor
- Latinūsus
- Old Frenchus
- Middle Englishuse
- Englishuse
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishuseless
- Englishuselessness
Translations
Finnish turhanpäiväisyys
- turhanpäiväisyysquality of being useless
French inutilité
- inutilitéquality of being useless
German Sinnlosigkeit
- Sinnlosigkeitquality of being useless
Hungarian használhatatlanság
- használhatatlanságquality of being useless
Irish neamhúsáid
- neamhúsáidquality of being useless
Polish bezużyteczność
- bezużytecznośćquality of being useless
Portuguese inutilidade
- inutilidadequality of being useless
Russian бесполе́зность
- бесполе́зность (bespoléznostʹ)quality of being useless
Cite this entry
APA
uselessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uselessness
MLA
“uselessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uselessness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uselessness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uselessness.
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