Usefulness has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies. | |
| 2. | In the past, I didn't know the usefulness of eternity. But now, I realize that at least it gives us an opportunity to learn German. | |
| 3. | The only political or military leader who has had an equally significant impact on the history of Europe is Adolf Hitler, who was more destructive than Napoleon, who at least had some accomplishments of lasting usefulness. | |
| 4. | Usefulness must be combined with pleasantness. | |
| 5. | Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat and the privilege of being alive. |