futility

English Thesaurus

1. uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	inutility, unusefulness, uselessness,
definition	:	the quality of having no practical use (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing,
definition	:	producing no result or effect (adj.all)

derivation	:	futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing,
definition	:	producing no result or effect (adj.all)