WORD OF THE DAY
Futility \ FYEW-til-leh-tee \ noun
plural: futilities
Definition
1a: the quality or state of being futile
1b: uselessness
2: a useless act or gesture
3a: occupied with trifles
3b: frivolous
Examples
Katie was either convinced or saw the futility of the conversation, because she dropped the subject
Maintaining classical studies in 1987 is like Cosmopolitan magazine obstinately advertising bustles
—Dennis O’Brien, New York Times OpEd, February 12, 1987
Did you know?
The word futility comes from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness," from futilis (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827).
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