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usefulness - 3 dictionary results

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


use⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
use⋅ful⋅ness, noun


1, 2. profitable, efficacious, beneficial.


1, 2. useless.
use·ful   (yōōs'fəl)   
adj.  
  1. Having a beneficial use; serviceable: a useful kitchen gadget.
  2. Being of practical use: a useful job; useful members of society.
use'ful·ly adv., use'ful·ness n.

Usefulness

Use"ful*ness\, n. The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage. --Addison.

Syn: Utility; value; profit. See Utility.
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