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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vanity
Emptiness.
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pointlessness
The lack of meaning, purpose, or ideas; the characteristic or condition of being pointless.
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labor in vain
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falseness
The characteristic of being false.
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purposelessness
The state of being purposeless.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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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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absurdity (related)
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awfulness (related)
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banality (related)
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enormity (related)
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inevitability (related)
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irrationality (related)
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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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frivolity
A frivolous act or thing
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idleness
The state of being idle; inactivity.
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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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lost trouble
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spinning one's wheels
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Find another word for futility. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for futility, like: uselessness, ineffectiveness, fruitlessness, unprofitableness, vanity, hopelessness, pointlessness, labor in vain, falseness, purposelessness and meaninglessness.
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Futility Sentence Examples

  • She didn't want to face the futility of her situation, not yet!

  • Dean asked the question before he remembered futility of such a query.

  • He did not live to see the futility of such bulwarks.

  • We must now all accept the utter futility of trying to shut our borders to problems abroad.

  • When the taking of the Bastille had assured the success of the Revolution, he warned the Assembly of the futility of passing fine-sounding decrees and urged the necessity for acting.

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