Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-U-TIL'I-TY
IN-U-TIL'I-TY, n. [Fr. inutilité; L. inutilitas; in and utilitas. See Utility.]
Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.
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