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单词 futility
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Definition of futility in English:

futility

noun fjuːˈtɪlɪtifjʊˈtɪlɪtiˌfjuˈtɪlədi
mass noun
  • Pointlessness or uselessness.

    the horror and futility of war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In its place stands the conviction of the futility of life; of the awareness of existence in a dark room.
    • In the face of war and mass slaughter, he has proved it retains the ability to shock us with the sheer frivolity of its efforts in futility.
    • Primarily, however, the drama is about yearning and the futility of attempting to suppress human emotion.
    • The narrator then steps in to comment on the pointlessness and futility of life on earth before the credits roll.
    • On realizing the futility of his mission, he would return to staring at me.
    Synonyms
    fruitlessness, vanity, pointlessness
    uselessness, worthlessness, ineffectuality, ineffectiveness, inefficacy
    failure, unproductiveness, barrenness, unprofitability, abortiveness
    impotence, hollowness, emptiness, meaningless, forlornness, hopelessness, sterility, valuelessness
    archaic bootlessness

Rhymes

ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, facility, fertility, flexility, fragility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, senility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, utility, versatility, viability, virility, volatility

Definition of futility in US English:

futility

nounˌfjuˈtɪlədiˌfyo͞oˈtilədē
  • Pointlessness or uselessness.

    the horror and futility of war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the face of war and mass slaughter, he has proved it retains the ability to shock us with the sheer frivolity of its efforts in futility.
    • The narrator then steps in to comment on the pointlessness and futility of life on earth before the credits roll.
    • Primarily, however, the drama is about yearning and the futility of attempting to suppress human emotion.
    • On realizing the futility of his mission, he would return to staring at me.
    • In its place stands the conviction of the futility of life; of the awareness of existence in a dark room.
    Synonyms
    fruitlessness, vanity, pointlessness
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