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usefulness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | utility |
| Type of | quality |
| Has types | instrumentality, practicability, practicableness, practicality, purpose, detergence, serviceability, serviceableness, usability, usableness, use, useableness, role, detergency, function, helpfulness |
| Derivation | useful |
Examples of usefulness
usefulness
I don't think, though, that education is only about usefulness in the workplace.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Yet people's perceptions of the usefulness of ASR have, if anything, diminished.
From the newscientist.com
Perhaps, though, the usefulness of the idea of craft lies in its very fuzziness.
From the irishtimes.com
This increases their potential usefulness as a tracer, label, or contrast agent.
From the sciencedaily.com
He has diminished his usefulness to his cause, to his country and to his people.
From the kentucky.com
Maybe it was an example of the usefulness of having friends in very high places.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Again, I think the idea is a good one, but I have my doubts over its usefulness.
From the eu.techcrunch.com
This has showed me the usefulness of group work and a learner-centred classroom.
From the guardian.co.uk
No doubting the usefulness of your ironic comment, but we cannot change history.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Utility: the quality of being of practical use
- In economics, utility is a measure of relative satisfaction. Given this measure, one may speak meaningfully of increasing or decreasing utility, and thereby explain economic behavior in terms of attempts to increase one's utility. ...
- In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. Today, the utility requirement is the lowest bar and is easily met. Largely utility is used to prevent the patenting of inoperative devices such as perpetual motion machines. ...
- The quality of being useful, to which extent something is useful
- The importance of something for attaining a goal. See instrumental value.
- The representation should be useful in clinical practice.
