futility
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futility
- /fjuːˈtɪlɪti/ UK
- /fjuˈtɪləti/ US
Rhymes with -ɪlɪti
Where it comes from
From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.
noun futilities
- The quality of being futile or useless. an exercise of futility
- Something, especially an act, that is futile. But fashion and authority apart, and bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him, his sophisms, futilities, and incomprehensibilities, and what remains?
- Unimportance. Her empty chatter, her futility, her childish coquetry and frivolity—such light wares could hardly be the whole substance of any woman’s being; […]
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noun quality of being futile
| Español | futilidad |
|---|---|
| Português | futilidade |
| Français | futilité |
| Deutsch | Sinnlosigkeit, Vergeblichkeit, Zwecklosigkeit |
| Italiano | futilità |
| Русский | тще́тность tščétnostʹ, бесполе́зность bespoléznostʹ |
Talk about this word "futility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/futility. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. futility. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/futility "futility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/futility.Cite this
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title = {futility},
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