English Dictionary

futility

noun

(uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless. / (countable) Something, especially an act, that is futile. / (uncountable) Unimportance.

The futility of their efforts was evident.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless.

His taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.

意味（2）

(countable) 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?

意味（3）

(uncountable) Unimportance.