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Futility

Futility Meaning & Definition
Futility Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Futility?

[n] uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

Synonyms | Synonyms for Futility:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Futility: absurdity | aimlessness | bankruptcy | big deal | blank future | bleak outlook | bootlessness | counterproductiveness | counterproductivity | dead letter | defeat | emptiness | empty sound | failure | fatuity | fecklessness | flimsiness | foolishness | frivolity | frivolousness | fruitlessness | hollowness | hopelessness | idleness | ill success | impoliticalness | impoliticness | impossibility | impotence | inadvisability | inanity | inappropriateness | inaptitude | incongruity | inconvenience | inconveniency | ineffectiveness | ineffectuality | ineffectualness | inefficaciousness | inefficacy | ineptitude | inexpectation | inexpedience | inexpediency | infelicity | inopportuneness | insignificance | invalidity | levity | lightness | losing game | meaninglessness | mere noise | no go | no hope | noise | nonaccomplishment | nonsensicality | nonsuccess | not a prayer | nugacity | nullity | otiosity | phatic communion | pointlessness | profitlessness | purposelessness | rat race | senselessness | shallowness | silliness | slenderness | slightness | small hope | successlessness | superficiality | the absurd | triflingness | triteness | triviality | trivialness | undesirability | unfitness | unfittingness | unfortunateness | unhopefulness | unmeaningness | unmeetness | unproductiveness | unprofitability | unprofitableness | unseasonableness | unseemliness | unsignificancy | unsuccess | unsuccessfulness | unsuitability | untimeliness | unwiseness | uselessness | vacuity | valuelessness | vanity | vapidity | vicious circle | worthlessness | wrongness

See Also | inutility | unusefulness | uselessness

Futility In Webster's Dictionary

\Fu"til`i*ty\, n. [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilit['e].] 1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.] 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The futility of this mode of philosophizing. --Whewell.

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