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futility

[fyoo-til-i-tee] / fyuˈtɪl ɪ ti /


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As Ms. Stamper observes, “creating an unabridged dictionary is, at its core, a lesson in futility.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Back and forth they went in their futility.

From Los Angeles Times

As a goal, it almost seems reasonable, which makes it all the funnier that it takes on an air of Beckettian futility.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They have no one to blame but themselves for their futility,” said Grant Napear, the television voice of the Kings for 32 years and now a sports talk host in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times

“The appropriations bills, reconciliation, rescissions, all the different tools we are using. . . . It’s the end of futility,” Mr. Vought says in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal