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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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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
Words popularity by usage frequency
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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 hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Knowing that everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying of the light -- that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense of futility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You can still be aware of it but find a place for it where you can actually exist comfortably and enjoy things.
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.
It was still sort of a moment of initial shock, there was an eerie quiet. And there wasn't like a ton of equipment down there. There weren't cranes doing any work yet. It was just individual firefighters and groups of firefighters trying to make sense of a little bit of the futility of what was in front of them.
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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