futility

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The definition of futility is having little or no purpose or importance or has little positive outcome.

(noun)

An example of futility is getting the outside of an SUV washed before taking it off-roading in the mud.

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See futility in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. futilities

  1. the quality of being futile
  2. a futile act, thing, etc.

See futility in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fu·til·i·ties
  1. The quality of having no useful result; uselessness.
  2. Lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness.
  3. A futile act.

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