'Futility' definitions:
Definition of 'futility'
(from WordNet)
noun
Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Definition of 'Futility'
From: GCIDE
- Futility \Fu"til`i*ty\, n. [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilit['e].]
- 1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. [1913 Webster]
- The futility of this mode of philosophizing. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'futility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- aimlessness,
- bankruptcy,
- big deal,
- blank future,
- bleak outlook,
- bootlessness,
- counterproductiveness,
- counterproductivity,
- dead letter,
- defeat,
- emptiness,
- empty sound,
- failure,
- fatuity,
- fecklessness,
- flimsiness,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- fruitlessness,
- hollowness,
- hopelessness,
- idleness,
- ill success,
- impoliticalness,
- impoliticness,
- impossibility,
- impotence,
- inadvisability,
- inanity,
- inappropriateness,
- inaptitude,
- incongruity,
- inconvenience,
- inconveniency,
- ineffectiveness,
- ineffectuality,
- ineffectualness,
- inefficaciousness,
- inefficacy,
- ineptitude,
- inexpectation,
- inexpedience,
- inexpediency,
- infelicity,
- inopportuneness,
- insignificance,
- invalidity,
- levity,
- lightness,
- losing game,
- meaninglessness,
- mere noise,
- no go,
- no hope,
- noise,
- nonaccomplishment,
- nonsensicality,
- nonsuccess,
- not a prayer,
- nugacity,
- nullity,
- otiosity,
- phatic communion,
- pointlessness,
- profitlessness,
- purposelessness,
- rat race,
- senselessness,
- shallowness,
- silliness,
- slenderness,
- slightness,
- small hope,
- successlessness,
- superficiality,
- the absurd,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialness,
- undesirability,
- unfitness,
- unfittingness,
- unfortunateness,
- unhopefulness,
- unmeaningness,
- unmeetness,
- unproductiveness,
- unprofitability,
- unprofitableness,
- unseasonableness,
- unseemliness,
- unsignificancy,
- unsuccess,
- unsuccessfulness,
- unsuitability,
- untimeliness,
- unwiseness,
- uselessness,
- vacuity,
- valuelessness,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- vicious circle,
- worthlessness,
- wrongness