Futility synonyms

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uselessness
The quality of being useless
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ineffectiveness
The condition of being ineffective
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fruitlessness
The quality of being fruitless
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falseness
The characteristic of being false.
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hollowness
The state or quality of being hollow
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triviality
The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
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idleness
The state of being idle; inactivity.
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vanity
Emptiness.
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emptiness
The state or feeling of being empty
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worthlessness
The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.
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labor in vain
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lost trouble
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purposelessness
The state of being purposeless.
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pointlessness
The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.
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meaninglessness
The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless.
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insubstantiality
The state or quality of being insubstantial.
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vainness
The property of being vain.
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bootlessness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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falsity
(Uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.
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illusion
The definition of an illusion is an idea or something you can see that isn’t real.
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folly
A structure, such as a pavilion in a garden, that is chiefly decorative rather than practical in purpose.
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want of substance
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unimportance
The property of lack of importance.
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carrying water in a sieve
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wild-goose-chase
Any search, pursuit, or endeavor regarded as being futile
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sowing the sand
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labor of Sisyphus
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running around in circles
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beating the air
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spinning one's wheels
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carrying coals to Newcastle
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importance (antonym)
Personal status; standing:
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fruitfulness (antonym)
The state or quality of being fruitful; productiveness; fertility; fecundity; exuberant abundance.
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significance (antonym)
A meaning that is expressed or implied:
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unavailingness
The state or condition of being unavailing; fruitlessness.
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thrive (related)
The condition or quality of being useless or ineffective
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used (related)
The condition or quality of being useless or ineffective
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inopportuneness
The quality of being inopportune.
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unseasonableness
The quality of being unseasonable.
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frivolity
A frivolous act or thing
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