futility

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

uselessness

pointlessness

failure

idleness

fruitlessness

needlessness

vainness

vanity

purposelessness

useless

weakness

worthlessness

otioseness

disutility

unnecessariness

flimsiness

foolishness

imbecility

impossibility

ineffectiveness

inutility

meaninglessness

Vertalings

futilité

inutilidad

Vergeblichkeit

vanité

futilidade

inutilité

futilidad

futilità

Nutzlosigkeit

inutilità

inutilidade

frivoliteit

futilesa

futilitat

ijdelheid

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.