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exercises in futility

exercises in futility is the plural of exercise in futility.

Meaning of exercise in futility

Noun

exercise in futility (plural exercises in futility)

  1. A course of action doomed to be futile.
    • Many feel that the continued war in Afghanistan is nothing more than an exercise in futility - and with good reason.2009 August 8, Tahereh Ghanaati, “The War in Afghanistan: An Exercise in Futility”, in Press TV

Questions about exercises in futility

What is exercises in futility the plural of?
Exercises in futility is the plural of exercise in futility.

Words near exercises in futility in the dictionary

  1. exercised the ferret
  2. exerciser
  3. exercisers
  4. exercises
  5. exercises for the reader
  6. exercises in futility
  7. exercises the ferret
  8. exercisest
  9. exerciseth
  10. exercisewear
  11. exercisible

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