usefulness

usefulness
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ limited, some
▪ general
▪ practical
▪ potential
VERB + USEFULNESS
▪ have
▪ increase
▪ diminish, limit, reduce
▪

Badly written questions limit the usefulness of questionnaires.

▪ lose
▪

Many people claim that the word has lost its usefulness.

▪ assess, determine, evaluate, examine
▪ question
▪ demonstrate, prove
▪ outlive
▪

The advisory group has outlived its usefulness.

PREPOSITION
▪ of … usefulness
▪

The theory is of limited usefulness.

▪ usefulness for
▪

the exam's usefulness for ranking students

▪ usefulness in
▪

the drug's usefulness in the treatment of cancer

▪ usefulness to
▪

The report is of potential usefulness to the government.


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  • usefulness — noun Date: 1617 the quality of having utility and especially practical worth or applicability …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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