Synonyms for uselessness
use·less·ness

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1. uselessness

   Synonyms:
   failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness

   Antonyms:
   action, agency, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, procedure, result

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1. inutility, uselessness, unusefulnessnoun

   the quality of having no practical use

   Synonyms:
   inutility, unusefulness

   Antonyms:
   usefulness, utility

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1. uselessnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   inutility, futility, unserviceableness

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1. List of paraphrases for "uselessness":

   futility, non-requirement, worthlessness, irrelevance

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1. George Bernard Shaw:

   What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.

2. Anonymous British civil servant, "Take Her Deep" by I.J. Galatin, Cdr., US Navy, ret.:

   The ingenuity of the device blinds us to its utter uselessness.

3. Enid Bagnold:

   Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To Why am I here? To uselessness. It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus.