serviceableness

as in usefulness
the capacity for being useful for some purpose the serviceableness of most of the junk that my grandfather had been hoarding was very doubtful

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Noun
  • Review your life insurance policies to determine their usefulness.
    Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Left-hander Wandy Peralta’s usefulness also expired after the trade deadline.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Despite prior use of violence by Hamas to crack down on demonstrations, the Hamas authorities in Gaza, so far, have not used similar violence to crack down on the current demonstrations.
    Khalil Shikaki, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Decrypt reported that GameStop completed a $1.5 billion sale of convertible senior notes, with about $1.48 billion in net proceeds available for corporate use.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Dahl suggested avenues for investigation, to little avail.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • To little avail, as Tesla stock dropped and mobs have set fire to cars in dealer lots.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Serviceableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceableness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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