English-Portuguese translations for futility

• futilidade
  Com mais de 900 mortos, a futilidade da política na guerra é dolorosamente evidente. With over 900 now dead, the futility of politics-by-war is painfully evident.
  Se a humanidade pudesse ao menos ver a futilidade destas guerras! Would that humanity could only see the futility of such wars.
  Se acaso o não tínhamos aprendido antes, a "guerra para pôr fim a todas as guerras" deveria ter-nos mostrado a futilidade e o trauma da guerra organizada. If we had not learned it earlier, the ‘war to end all wars’ should have shown us the futility and the trauma of organised warfare.

Definition of futility

• The quality of being futile or useless
• Something, especially an act, that is futile
• Unimportance

Examples

• His taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.

Related words

• futile
• futilely
• futile medical care