uselessness

noun

Definition of uselessnessnext
1
as in futility

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2
as in pointlessness

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  1. futility
  2. insignificance
  3. inanity
Noun
  • After months of diplomatic futility, Biden was shrewd to allow Trump and Witkoff to serve as the front men for the talks.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Notwithstanding stretches of defensive dominance, Harbaugh’s Bolts echoed the Chargers’ futility of many other postseason defeats.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of futility
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  • Ultimately, however, the most serious way to critique the Nobel Peace Prize is not to complain about the Nobel committee's biases but to note the historical insignificance of so many of the prize's winners.
    Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2012
  • In 1995, Brian Dollery, David Schulze, and Leigh West produced a scathing report on the swaps, pointing to their typically low value (and therefore financial insignificance) and their lack of incentive structure for financing institutions.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 July 2024
Definition of insignificance
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  • Laugh at these inanities, but these theories often serve an end, especially on the right: to help politicians and movements score points with their base.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There is just nothing to like about this spring-forward inanity.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
Definition of inanity
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