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Synonyms for futility
fyuˈtɪl ɪ tifu·til·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. futilitynoun

    uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

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  1. futilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    triviality, frivolousness

  2. futilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    uselessness, worthlessness, vanity

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "futility":

    uselessness, non-requirement, worthlessness

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD4.0 / 2 votes

  1. futility

    Synonyms:
    See Medical futility

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  1. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

    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.

  2. Nicole Gibbs:

    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.

  3. Eric Hoffer:

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    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.


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