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futilities

futilities is the plural of futility.

Meaning of futility

Noun

futility (usually uncountable, plural futilities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being futile or useless.
    • an exercise of futility
  2. (countable, usually) Something, especially an act, that is futile.
    • But fashion and authority apart, and bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him, his sophisms, futilities, and incomprehensibilities, and what remains?1803, Thomas Jefferson, Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson
  3. (usually) Unimportance.
    • Her empty chatter, her futility, her childish coquetry and frivolity—such light wares could hardly be the whole substance of any woman’s being; […]1879, Henry James, chapter XVII, in Confidence, London: Chatto & Windus

Questions about futilities

What is futilities the plural of?
Futilities is the plural of futility.

Words near futilities in the dictionary

  1. futilest
  2. futilism
  3. futilitarian
  4. futilitarianism
  5. futilitarians
  6. futilities
  7. futility
  8. futilous
  9. futing
  10. futomaki
  11. futon

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