futility

Plural: futilities

Noun

• The quality of being futile; uselessness or pointlessness.
• uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
• The quality of being futile or useless.
• Something, especially an act, that is futile.
• Unimportance.

Examples

• an exercise of futility
• He recognized the futility of trying to beat an opponent who consistently bingos every turn.
• His taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.

Synonyms

vanity