inutility

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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

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'

In spite of its commercial inutility, there are few trees of the South American forest more interesting than the manguba.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne

And have you not, while heartily wishing yourself in the saddle, felt the utter inutility of administering any counsels to the rider?

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

Obviously, therefore, the inutility in such cases is taken to have been prior to any utility subsequently acquired; and genera are not historically prior to the species in which they originate.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John