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noun
(plural -ties)
Date: circa 1623
1. the quality or state of being futile ; uselessness
2. a useless act or gesture <the futilities of debate for its own sake — W. A. White>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Futility — may refer to:*Resistance is futile, a term in science fiction *Futile medical care, a medical belief *Futile, an EP album by Porcupine Tree * Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan , an 1898 novel *The Advance Directives Act, a Texan health care law … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
futility — index impossibility Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
futility — 1620s, from Fr. futilité or directly from L. futilitatem (nom. futilitas) worthlessness, from futilis (see FUTILE (Cf. futile)). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827) … Etymology dictionary
futility — [n] uselessness emptiness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness, unprofitableness, worthlessness; concept 560 … New thesaurus
futility — [fyo͞o til′ə tē] n. pl. futilities 1. the quality of being futile 2. a futile act, thing, etc … English World dictionary
futility — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ utter ▪ ultimate VERB + FUTILITY ▪ know, realize, recognize, see ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Futility — Se ha sugerido que este artículo o sección sea fusionado con Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan (discusión). Una vez que hayas realizado la fusión de artículos, pide la fusión de historiales aquí. Todo comienza con la novela llamada Futility… … Wikipedia Español
futility — n. an exercise in futility * * * [fjuː tɪlɪtɪ] an exercise in futility … Combinatory dictionary
futility — fu|til|i|ty [ fju tıləti ] noun uncount a lack of purpose, importance, or effectiveness: His efforts were accompanied by a sense of futility and doubt. an exercise in futility a useless action that cannot succeed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
futility — [[t]fjuːtɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n/ ing Futility is a total lack of purpose or usefulness. ...the injustice and futility of terrorism … English dictionary
