1
as in futility
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as in pointlessness
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Noun
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An exhilarating sweep of the San Diego Padres was immediately followed by a dud and a split to a Rockies team that only recently has escaped being on a historic pace for futility.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025 -
To say that Babe was – and still is – bigger than life is to engage in senseless futility.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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His groundbreaking work reveals how a hidden epidemic of insignificance is quietly eroding engagement, trust, and performance in organizations, and what leaders can do to reverse it.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Never have 59 rebounds carried such insignificance.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
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For the past four years, Honan has been a worm in Adams’s apple, scoring scoop after scoop about the dramas, inanities, and intrigues of his administration.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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The previous sentence illustrates the inanity of my desire.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Uselessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uselessness. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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