gainless[obs3], profitless, fruitless;
unserviceable, unprofitable; ill-spent; unproductive &c. 169; hors de combat[Fr]; effete, past work &c. (impaired) 659; obsolete &c. (old) 124; fit for the dust hole; good for nothing; of no earthly use; not worth having, not worth powder and shot; leading to no end, uncalled for; unnecessary, unneeded. 
     Adv. uselessly &c. adj.; to little purpose, to no purpose, to little
or no purpose. 
     Int. cui bono?[Lat]; what’s the good! 
     Phr. actum ne agas[Lat][obs3]; chercher une aiguille dans une botte de
foin[obs3][Fr]; tanto buon che val niente[It].

     #646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience. —­ N. expedience,
expediency; desirableness, desirability &c. adj.; fitness &c. (agreement) 23; utility &c. 644; propriety; opportunism; advantage.
     high time &c. (occasion) 134. 
     V. be expedient &c.  Adj.; suit &c. (agree) 23; befit; suit the time,
befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion. conform &c. 82. 
     Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth
while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting &c. v.; opportune &c. (in season) 134; in loco; suitable &c. (accordant) 23; applicable &c. (useful) 644. 
     Adv. in the right place; conveniently &c. adj. 
     Phr. operae pretium est[Lat].

     #647.  Inexpedience. —­ N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness,
undesirability &c.  Adj.; discommodity[obs3], impropriety; unfitness &c. (disagreement) 24; inutility &c. 645; disadvantage. 
     V. be inexpedient &c.  Adj.; come amiss &c. (disagree) 24; embarrass
&c. (hinder) 706; put to inconvenience; pay too dear for one’s whistle. 
     Adj. inexpedient, undesirable; unadvisable, inadvisable;
objectionable; inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious, discommodious[obs3]; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit &c. (inconsonant) 24.
     ill-contrived, ill-advised; unsatisfactory; unprofitable &c.,
unsubservient &c. (useless) 645; inopportune &c. (unseasonable) 135; out of place, in the wrong place; improper, unseemly.
     clumsy, awkward; cumbrous, cumbersome; lumbering, unwieldy,
hulky[obs3]; unmanageable &c. (impracticable) 704; impedient &c. (in the way) 706[obs3].
     unnecessary &c. (redundant) 641. 
     Phr. it will never do.

     #648. [Capability of producing good.  Good qualities.] Goodness. —­ N.
goodness &c. adj.; excellence, merit; virtue &c. 944; value, worth, price.
     super-excellence, supereminence; superiority &c. 33; perfection &c.
650; coup de maitre[Fr]; masterpiece, chef d’ouvre[Fr], prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy.
     tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel,