"uselessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: uselessnesses [plural]
Etymology: useless + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|useless|ness}} useless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} uselessness (countable and uncountable, plural uselessnesses)
  1. the quality of being useless Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being useless): turhanpäiväisyys (Finnish), inutilité [feminine] (French), Sinnlosigkeit [feminine] (German), neamhúsáid [feminine] (Irish), беско́рисност (beskórisnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), беспо́лезност (bespóleznost) [feminine] (Macedonian), unnytnes [feminine] (Old English), bezużyteczność [feminine] (Polish), inutilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), бесполе́зность (bespoléznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-uselessness-en-noun-6t3mdOq8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for uselessness meaning in English (2.2kB)

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