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Synonyms for usefulness
use·ful·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
usefulness
The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.
Synonyms:
advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, utility, valueAntonyms:
damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, wastePreposition:
The profit of labor; on capital; in business.
Princeton's WordNet
utility, usefulnessnoun
the quality of being of practical use
Synonyms:
public utility company, public-service corporation, utility, public utility, service program, utility programAntonyms:
unusefulness, uselessness, inutility
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List of paraphrases for "usefulness":
utility, relevance, useful, value, desirability, helpfulness, benefit, use, effectiveness, feasibility, interest
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#61 | use | |
#97 | service | |
#155 | good | |
#357 | return | |
#410 | value | |
#653 | interest | |
#1162 | returns | |
#1412 | useful | |
#1727 | benefit | |
#2173 | improvement | |
#2314 | profit | |
#2419 | advantage | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2804 | utility | |
#4603 | effectiveness | |
#7211 | relevance | |
#7517 | proceeds | |
#10318 | receipts | |
#11480 | feasibility | |
#11759 | avail | |
#16611 | usefulness | |
#38226 | helpfulness | |
#38833 | desirability | |
#60531 | expediency | |
#174287 | emolument |
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Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
Marie Curie, Lecture at Vassar College, May 14, 1921:
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.
As a matter of general policy, de-radicalization programs are unproven and their usefulness is doubtful, if the judge reduces the sentence that they would have otherwise imposed in a terrorism case by relying on the hope that de-radicalization will work, that just gives an unearned reward based on an unproven theory to a serious offender.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:
Italy has done more than question the usefulness of sanctions. Italy has put down a substantial marker. Europe needs Russia to resolve issues in Syria and elsewhere.
Given that even after years of stonewalling these are only a fraction of the documents that were subpoenaed by the House of Representatives, at this point, the usefulness remains to be seen.
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