ab-usefulness
/abˈjuːsf(ʊ)lnəs/rare
noun
Capacity to be used improperly.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Ruskin (1819–1900), art critic and social critic. From ab- + usefulness, punningly after abuse or abuseful.
- queen's metal
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- queen's pattern
- queen's pawn
- Queen's Proctor
- queen's pudding
- queen's rook
- queen's root
- Queen's Scout
- Queen's Speech
- queen staysail
- queen stitch
- Queen Street
- queen substance
- queensware
- Queen's weather
- queen's woman
- queen's wreath
- queen triggerfish
- queen truss
- queen wasp
- queen-widow
- queenwood
- queeny
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