futility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

WordNet

Fu"til`i*ty noun
Etymology
L. futilitas: cf. F. futilité.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913