FUTILITY

Source: 566, 567

futility. Futility, n. a want of solidity, vanity, talkativeness

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Fu″til′i‐ty (?), n. [[L. futilitas: cf. F. futilité.]] 1. 1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity.
2. 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness.
The futility of this mode of philosophizing. Whewell.