All inutility synonyms

noun inutility

• incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
• ineptitude — quality or condition of being inept.
• inefficiency — the quality or condition of being inefficient; lack of efficiency.
• impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
• powerlessness — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
• necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
• unfit — not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable: He was unfit for his office.
• insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
• incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
• ineffectiveness — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
• frailty — the quality or state of being frail.
• inefficacy — lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect.
• disqualification — an act or instance of disqualifying.
• incapability — not capable.
• ineptness — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
• inaptitude — lack of aptitude; unfitness.
• incompetency — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
• detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
• disability — lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
• drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
• failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
• imposition — the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
• inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
• inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• liability — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
• limitation — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
• minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
• nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
• objection — a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
• obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
• privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
• problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.