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futility |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Futility \Fu"til`i*ty\, n. [L. futilitas: cf F. futilit['e].] 1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.] 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The futility of this mode of philosophizing. --Whewell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: futility n : uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
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