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futurelessness

futurelessness noun: lack of a future; the state of being futureless.

Noun

futurelessness (uncountable)

  1. Lack of a future; the state of being futureless.
    • I want to tell them that I envy their upbringings that were so clean, so free of futurelessness.1991, Douglas Coupland, “Eat Your Parents”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 86

Origin of futurelessness

From futureless + -ness.

Questions about futurelessness

What does futurelessness mean?
Futurelessness means lack of a future; the state of being futureless.
What part of speech is futurelessness?
Futurelessness is a noun.

Words near futurelessness in the dictionary

  1. futured
  2. futurefic
  3. futurefics
  4. futureless
  5. futurelessly
  6. futurelessness
  7. futurelike
  8. futurely
  9. futureness
  10. futurenesses
  11. futurepop

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