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futility.

The quality of being futile or useless.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fjuːˈtɪlɪti/Received-Pronunciation/fjuˈtɪləti/General-American
  1. The quality of being futile or useless.

    uncountable · usually
    an exercise of futility
    His taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.
  2. Something, especially an act, that is futile.

    countable · usually
  3. Unimportance.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.

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