toolishnessEtymologyFrom tool + -ish + -ness, influenced by foolishness.toolishness means The nature of being a tool. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.nounThe nature of being a tool.“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.“The walls and halls of Hechinger headquarters are bedizened with icons to tools and toolishness, ranging from classic photographs to a machine that makes […]”