futility

Definitions

The quality of being pointless or useless.

A state of having no possibility of success.

Examples

He realized the futility of arguing with someone who refused to listen to reason.

The soldiers were exhausted by the futility of their efforts to hold the crumbling wall.

She sighed at the futility of trying to fix the ancient, broken clock.

Synonyms

pointlessness uselessness vanity worthlessness ineffectiveness fruitlessness emptiness

Antonyms

usefulness effectiveness utility meaningfulness worth significance productivity