inutility
Example Sentences
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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)
To the present day this opinion has prevailed to a revolting degree, and it is no easy matter for the humane physician to convince a keeper of the cruelty or inutility of this practice.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Nevertheless the inadequacy, the inutility of her method of life was very forcibly presented to her, and she seemed to be beating at the bars of her cage.
From Burning Sands by Weigal, Arthur
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
No words could express the dulness and inutility of a collection which should embrace all the Roxburghe and Pepys broadsides—a scope with which this publication was most undeservedly credited by an English journal.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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