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futilitynoun the quality or state of being uselessThe two engaged in a long discussion on the futility of war. He felt saddened by the apparent futility of his efforts to console her. uselessnesshopelessnessineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacyabortiveness, barrenness, bootlessness, emptiness, fruitlessness, otioseness, unavailingness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, vanitydeficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiencyinaneness, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessnessdisappointment, letdown, setbackcollapse, crash, cropper, defeat, failure, fizzle, nonachievement, nonsuccess use, usefulness, utilityaccount, avail, mileage, service, serviceability, serviceablenessadvantage, benefit, gainaid, assistance, helpvictory, winaccomplishment, achievement, successapplicability, appropriateness, fitness, relevanceprofit, value, worth ca. 1623 |