inutility(名词,较正式)指无用、无效、无益;也可指某事物/某做法的缺乏实际价值。
/ˌɪn.juːˈtɪl.ə.ti/
I soon realized the inutility of arguing with him.
我很快意识到和他争论毫无用处。
After months of experiments, the team acknowledged the inutility of the method, which consumed time and money without improving accuracy.
经过数月实验,团队承认这种方法并不奏效:它耗费时间和金钱,却没有提高准确性。
由 **in-**(否定前缀,“不、非”)+ utility(“效用、用途”)构成;而 utility 追溯到拉丁语 utilitas(“有用性”)。因此 inutility 字面意思就是“没有效用的状态”。