unusefullyadv.
Uselessly, unprofitably.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adverb]
inutilelya1492
unserviceably1611
uselessly1615
unusefully1659
untowardly1686
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 231 Whereas divers jealousies have been raised in the House, that the Moneys have been expended unusefully.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 180 Such as will not unusefully nor unseasonably conclude this First Part.
1748 Philos. Trans. 1747 (Royal Soc.) 44 588 I thought it might not unusefully be joined with Alum.
1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 111 He is not unusefully occupied.
1885 Manch. Examiner 12 Jan. 5/1 Prudent men..might discharge such functions not unusefully.
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