FUTILITY
futility
(noun) uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
futility (usually uncountable, plural futilities)
(uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless.
(countable) Something, especially an act, that is futile.
(uncountable) Unimportance.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"til`i*ty, n. Etym: [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilité.]
1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.]
2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The futility of this mode of philosophizing. Whewell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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