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Futility

//fjuːˈtɪlɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being futile or useless. uncountable, usually

    "an exercise of futility"

  2. 2
    uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result wordnet
  3. 3
    Something, especially an act, that is futile. countable, usually

    "But fashion and authority apart, and bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him, his sophisms, futilities, and incomprehensibilities, and what remains?"

  4. 4
    Unimportance. uncountable, usually

    "Her empty chatter, her futility, her childish coquetry and frivolity—such light wares could hardly be the whole substance of any woman’s being; […]"

Etymology

From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.

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