toolishness

English

Etymology

tool +‎ -ish +‎ ness, influenced by foolishness

Noun

toolishness

The nature of being a tool.
- a. 1902, Samuel Butler, Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill editors, Notebooks: Selections, 1951, page 122
  The simplest tool I can think of is a piece of gravel used for making a road. Nothing is done to it, it owes its being a tool to the fact that is subserves a purpose. A broken piece of granite used for macadamizing a road is a more complex instrument, about the toolishness of which no doubt can be entertained.
Excessive concern with tools rather than results.
- 1989, "Touching Tools Of the Trade", in Washington Post, Sep 22, 1989
  The walls and halls of Hechinger headquarters are bedizened with icons to tools and toolishness, ranging from classic photographs to a machine that makes […]
- 2002, Tech Smart: making discerning technology choices, in Multimedia Schools, Mar 1, 2002
  By now we should have learned that "toolishness" is foolishness. Showering fancy equipment and toys on classrooms without smart planning is unlikely to […]
- 2002, McKenzie, Jamie, "Beyond Toolishness: The Best Way for Teachers To Learn and Put New Technologies to Good Use", in MultiMedia Schools, v9 n4 p34-39 Sep 2002.

单词	toolishness
释义	toolishness English Etymology tool +‎ -ish +‎ ness, influenced by foolishness Noun toolishness The nature of being a tool. a. 1902, Samuel Butler, Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill editors, Notebooks: Selections, 1951, page 122 The simplest tool I can think of is a piece of gravel used for making a road. Nothing is done to it, it owes its being a tool to the fact that is subserves a purpose. A broken piece of granite used for macadamizing a road is a more complex instrument, about the toolishness of which no doubt can be entertained. Excessive concern with tools rather than results. 1989, "Touching Tools Of the Trade", in Washington Post, Sep 22, 1989 The walls and halls of Hechinger headquarters are bedizened with icons to tools and toolishness, ranging from classic photographs to a machine that makes […] 2002, Tech Smart: making discerning technology choices, in Multimedia Schools, Mar 1, 2002 By now we should have learned that "toolishness" is foolishness. Showering fancy equipment and toys on classrooms without smart planning is unlikely to […] 2002, McKenzie, Jamie, "Beyond Toolishness: The Best Way for Teachers To Learn and Put New Technologies to Good Use", in MultiMedia Schools, v9 n4 p34-39 Sep 2002.
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