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1 futility
1. n тщетность, бесполезность2. n пустота; поверхностность, несерьёзность3. n бесполезный, пустой, поверхностный или несерьёзный человек; пустое местоnew interests that redeemed his life from futility — новые интересы, заполнившие его пустую жизнь
Синонимический ряд:1. being meaningless or senseless (noun) being meaningless or senseless; emptiness; falseness; frivolity; hollowness; hopelessness; labor in vain2. uselessness (noun) fruitlessness; ineffectiveness; ineffectuality; ineffectualness; inefficacy; uselessness
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