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futility

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1. n. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. Source: opted
2. n. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. Source: opted
3. n. uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result Source: wordnet
4. 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. Source: webster
5. n:100 n. uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result Source: ecdict

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quality uselessness coming consequence effect loquaciousness loquacity nothing practical producing result talkative talkativeness valuable mode Obs philosophizing

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futile futilely futilities futilous

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fustilugs fustiness fusty

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