usefulness (usfulnes)

The state or character of being useful; conducivene to some end; utility; serviceablene ; advantage. asele (ūs'les), a. [ Lord Lyttelton . Where none admire, 'tis usele to excel. An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As usele if it goes as when it stands. Cowper, Retirement, 1. 682. =Syn. Usele , Fruitle , Ineffectual, Unavailing, bootle , profitle , unprofitable, valuele , worthle , futile, abortive. Usele often implies that the cause of failure lies in the situation: as, it is usele to try to mend that clock. Usele is the only one of these words that may thus be applied by anticipation to what might be at tempted. That which is fruitle , ineffectual, or unavailing actually fails, and from hindrances external to itself. Un avaiting is more likely to be used that fittest ineffer. tual where the failure is through some one's unwillingne : as, unavailing prayers or petitions, ineffectual efforts, fruitle labors. Fruitle is stronger and more final than ineffectual or unavailing. usele ly (ūs'les-li), adv. In a usele manner; without profit or advantage.