the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The quality of being useless or unprofitable; lack of utility; uselessness; unprofitableness.
n. Something that is useless.
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n. the quality of having no practical use
Word Usage
""To convey to the mind of a stranger the ridiculous excess of the inutility of the naval establishment of China would . . . be impossible," one observer declared in 1836."