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use·ful

   [yoos-fuhl]
adjective
1.
being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
2.
of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results; supplying common needs: the useful arts; useful work.
Origin:
1585–95; use + -ful

Related forms
use·ful·ly, adverb
use·ful·ness, noun
un·use·ful, adjective
un·use·ful·ly, adverb
un·use·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms
1, 2. profitable, efficacious, beneficial.

Antonyms
1, 2. useless.

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unusefulness

noun
the quality of having no practical use [syn: inutility] [ant: usefulness] 
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