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in⋅u⋅til⋅i⋅ty

  [in-yoo-til-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. uselessness.
2. a useless thing or person.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L inūtilitās. See inutile, -ity
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in·u·tile   (ĭn-yōōt'l, -yōō'tīl')   
adj.  Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin inūtilis : in-, not; see in-1 + ūtilis, useful; see utile.]
in·u'tile·ly adv., in'u·til'i·ty (ĭn'yōō-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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