SERVICEABLENESS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

serviceableness

noun

Definition of 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

So, despite being able to produce large numbers of the robots, key issues with task learning still limit their usefulness.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Colleges and universities reconsider the SAT Because of concerns about the usefulness of the SAT in college admissions, around 2000 about 280 colleges and universities moved to make the SAT an optional part of the admissions process.

— Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of usefulness

Noun

Potential uses include disaster relief and surveillance The first DARPA Lift Challenge attracted around 480 concept submissions, with 110 teams invited to compete.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
More specifically, ask yourself how your technology use is helping or hurting your social life.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of use

Noun

For decades, Washington strove to align perceptions across theaters, to little avail.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
After that, when the impossibility of recovering anyone else became clear, Al-Zaharnah and others kept hoping international organizations would convince Israel to allow more construction equipment, but to little avail.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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