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futility
1. n. The quality of being futile or useless.
His taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.
2. n. Something, especially an act, that is futile.
3. n. Unimportance.

Example Sentences

The proof of the futility of harsh drug laws is this: in the country that has come down the hardest on drugs and drug users, spending billions of dollars in a decades-long war on drugs, there have never been so many drug addicts.

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