Another word for futility
futility
n.
uselessness, ineffectiveness, fruitlessness, falseness, hollowness, triviality, frivolity, idleness, vanity, emptiness, hopelessness, worthlessness, labor in vain, lost trouble, unprofitableness, purposelessness, pointlessness, meaninglessness, insubstantiality, vainness, bootlessness, falsity, illusion, folly, want of substance, unimportance, carrying water in a sieve, wild-goose chase, sowing the sand, labor of Sisyphus, running around in circles, beating the air, spinning one's wheels, carrying coals to Newcastle.
Antonyms importance*, fruitfulness, significance.
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"futility." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/futility>.
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futility. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/futility
Another word for futility
The condition or quality of being useless or ineffective:
bootlessness, fruitlessness, unavailingness, unprofitableness, uselessness, vainness, vanity. See thrive, used
MLA Style
"futility." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/futility>.
APA Style
futility. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/futility
