Futility Definition

fyo͝o-tĭlĭ-tē
futilities
noun
The quality of being futile.
Webster's New World
Lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness.
American Heritage
A futile act, thing, etc.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) Unimportance.

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Other Word Forms of Futility

Noun

Singular:
futility
Plural:
futilities

Origin of Futility

  • futile +‎ -ity

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Futility Sentence Examples

  • She didn't want to face the futility of her situation, not yet!

  • Dean asked the question before he remembered futility of such a query.

  • He did not live to see the futility of such bulwarks.

  • So too, in his English in Ireland (1872-1874), which was written to show the futility of attempts to conciliate the Irish, he aggravates all that can be said against the Irish, touches too lightly on English atrocities,and writes unjustly of the influence of Roman Catholicism.

  • We must now all accept the utter futility of trying to shut our borders to problems abroad.

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Words Starting With

FFUFUT

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With F and Ending With Y

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