futility
21futility — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1623 1. the quality or state of being futile ; uselessness 2. a useless act or gesture < the futilities of debate for its own sake W. A. White > …
22futility — /fyooh til i tee/, n., pl. futilities for 2, 3. 1. the quality of being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness. 2. a trifle or frivolity: the large collection of futilities that clutter our minds. 3. a futile act or event. [1615 25; < L futilitas.… …
23futility — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, aimlessness, bankruptcy, big deal, blank future, bleak outlook, bootlessness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, dead letter, defeat, emptiness, empty sound, failure, fatuity, fecklessness,… …
24futility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. uselessness, ineffectiveness, fruitlessness, falseness, hollowness, triviality, frivolity, idleness, vanity, emptiness, hopelessness, worthlessness, labor in vain, lost trouble, unprofitableness, purposelessness,… …
25futility — fu·til·i·ty || fjuË tɪlÉ™tɪ n. uselessness; worthlessness; triviality, vanity; useless act …
26futility — n. 1. Triviality, frivolousness. 2. Uselessness, worthlessness, vanity, bootlessness, fruitlessness …
27futility — n 1. uselessness, bootlessness, ineffectiveness, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment, failure; fruitlessness, unproductiveness, abortiveness, barrenness, sterility, impotence; unprofitableness, carrying coals to Newcastle, carrying water in a sieve,… …
28futility — fu·til·i·ty …
29futility — fu•til•i•ty [[t]fyuˈtɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality of being futile 2) a trifle or frivolity 3) a futile act or event • Etymology: 1615–25; < L …
30futility — /fjuˈtɪləti/ (say fyooh tiluhtee) noun (plural futilities) 1. the quality of being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness. 2. unimportance. 3. a futile act or event …
