"toolishness" meaning in English

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          "ref": "a. 1902, Samuel Butler, Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill editors, Notebooks: Selections, 1951, page 122",
          "text": "The simplest tool I can think of is a piece of gravel used for making a road. Nothing is done to it, it owes its being a tool to the fact that is subserves a purpose. A broken piece of granite used for macadamizing a road is a more complex instrument, about the toolishness of which no doubt can be entertained."
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        "The nature of being a tool."
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          "ref": "1989 September 22, “Touching Tools Of the Trade”, in Washington Post",
          "text": "The walls and halls of Hechinger headquarters are bedizened with icons to tools and toolishness, ranging from classic photographs to a machine that makes […]",
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          "ref": "2002 March 1, “Tech Smart: making discerning technology choices”, in Multimedia Schools",
          "text": "By now we should have learned that \"toolishness\" is foolishness. Showering fancy equipment and toys on classrooms without smart planning is unlikely to […]",
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          "text": "2002, Jamie McKenzie, “Beyond Toolishness: The Best Way for Teachers To Learn and Put New Technologies to Good Use”, in MultiMedia Schools, v9 n4 p34-39 Sep 2002:",
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        "Excessive concern with tools rather than results."
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