inutility

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Repentance supposes sobriety and few wants; hence the inutility of riches.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

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

He reasoned logically on the inutility of human grief, and still more on the vanity of regretting that which could not be recalled.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Janet listened eagerly as Harry spoke of the inutility of their search, and then the poor girl shrank back; but attention was drawn from her by a sharp cry of pain from Canau.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

My friends finding the inutility of the attempt, proposed my returning to Bridgetown, and seeking redress from the Governor.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I by Reeve, Sophia