English-Thai Dictionary

futility

N การ ไร้ประโยชน์  kan-rai-pra-yod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUTILITY

n.Talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [In this sense, not now used. ] 1. Triflingness; unimportance; want of weight or effect; as, to expose the futility of arguments.
2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; as the futility of measures or schemes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FUTILITY

Fu "til `i *ty, n. Etym: [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilité. ]

 

1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs. ]

 

2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The futility of this mode of philosophizing. Whewell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

futility

fu til i ty |ˈfyo͞oˈtilətē fjuːˈtɪləti | ▶noun pointlessness or uselessness: the horror and futility of war.

 

Oxford Dictionary

futility

fu ¦til |ity |fjʊˈtɪlɪti, fjuːˈtɪlɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] pointlessness or uselessness: the horror and futility of war.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

futility

futility noun the futility of his actions: fruitlessness, pointlessness, uselessness, vanity, ineffectiveness, inefficacy; failure, barrenness, unprofitability; impotence, hollowness, emptiness, forlornness, hopelessness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

futility

futility noun he could see the futility of his actions: fruitlessness, vanity, pointlessness; uselessness, worthlessness, ineffectuality, ineffectiveness, inefficacy; failure, unproductiveness, barrenness, unprofitability, abortiveness; impotence, hollowness, emptiness, meaningless, forlornness, hopelessness, sterility, valuelessness; archaic bootlessness. ANTONYMS usefulness, fruitfulness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

futility

fu til i ty /fjuːtɪ́ləti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 無益 [むだ ](であること ), くだらなさ ▸ waste one's efforts in sheer futility まったくむだなことに骨を折る 2 C 取るに足らない物事 ; 軽はずみ, 軽薄な言動 ; むだな行為 .