inutility

Example Sentences

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They do not, at first blush, appear to discharge any very great or necessary function in life; but we must by no means, from that, infer their inutility.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

We are doomed to pass a long winter of absolute inutility, if not of idleness, in comparative peril and privation; nevertheless the men seem very happy—thoughtless, of course, as true sailors always are.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

The social utility or inutility of the labour is a mere inference from the social utility or inutility of the product, and it is therefore the latter consideration that influences value.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

He shouted, and called, and thumped, just as you or I might have done, without any regard to its manifest inutility.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

In spite of the inutility of his miracles, Paul worked more at Lystra; he there cured a lame man, in whom by mere inspection he discovered much faith.

From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter