Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being usable. Also spelled
useableness .
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- noun The quality of being
usable .
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- noun the quality of being able to provide good service
Etymologies
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usable + -ness
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Examples
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The sitting-room of the little home which she enjoyed for the last two or three years of her life, was a reflex of her character in modesty, simplicity, and usableness.
The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
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But it further became evident that in such a series there inevitably occurs a waste in the usableness of energy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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