usefulness
noun
use·ful·ness
ˈyüs-fəl-nəs 
: the quality of having utility and especially practical worth or applicability
Examples of usefulness in a Sentence
the well-known usefulness of thick phone books as seat boosters for short diners
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The usefulness of the one-on-one meeting has become a topic for debate.
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
The Blue Trail asserts that productivity is the antithesis of human fulfillment, offering an alternative of sorts to the empty promises of capitalism and Soviet-style communism with its insistence that our wellbeing isn’t tied up with notions of usefulness.
—Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Michaels also realized the usefulness, in show business, of cultivating your own legend.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
As customers grow more accustomed to a constant drumbeat of extraordinary claims of potency, exclusivity and medicinal usefulness — coupled to a significant expectancy bias — the road ahead for the cannabis and hemp industry(ies) meets with a few immediate challenges.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
The Blue Trail asserts that productivity is the antithesis of human fulfillment, offering an alternative of sorts to the empty promises of capitalism and Soviet-style communism with its insistence that our wellbeing isn’t tied up with notions of usefulness.
—Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Michaels also realized the usefulness, in show business, of cultivating your own legend.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
As customers grow more accustomed to a constant drumbeat of extraordinary claims of potency, exclusivity and medicinal usefulness — coupled to a significant expectancy bias — the road ahead for the cannabis and hemp industry(ies) meets with a few immediate challenges.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for usefulness
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“Usefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usefulness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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