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Synonyms for futility
fyuˈtɪl ɪ tifu·til·i·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
futility
Synonyms:
disadvantage, folly, impolicy, inadequacy, inexpediency, inutility, unprofitableness, uselessness, worthlessnessAntonyms:
advantage, avail, benefit, expediency, profit, service, serviceableness, use, usefulness, utility
Princeton's WordNet
futilitynoun
uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
futilitynoun
Synonyms:
triviality, frivolousnessfutilitynoun
Synonyms:
uselessness, worthlessness, vanity
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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
futility
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See Medical futility
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#15341 | disadvantage | |
#21891 | folly | |
#43205 | futility | |
#43809 | inadequacy | |
#119417 | worthlessness | |
#123069 | uselessness |
How to use futility in a sentence?
Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.
I'm definitely kicked off my timeline and Wimbledon qualifying is looking out of the question, i've had some humbling moments in the past couple weeks that have made me realize the futility of a' plan' when it comes to a recovery like this.
The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:
It wouldn't produce the result that Sen. Cruz and I would both like to produce, so therefore, it would be an exercise in futility.
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
Translations for futility
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- futilesa, futilitatCatalan, Valencian
- marnost, zbytečnostCzech
- futilidadSpanish
- asjatusEstonian
- hyödyttömyys, turhuusFinnish
- futilitéFrench
- futilidadeGalician
- निरर्थकताHindi
- futilitàItalian
- cur eaLatin
- futilitatOccitan
- futilidadePortuguese
- бесполезность, тщетностьRussian
- meningslöshet, värdelöshet, fruktlöshetSwedish
- 无用Chinese
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