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1 inutilidad
f.1 uselessness.2 disablement (invalidez).* * *1 uselessness* * *SF uselessnessconstituir inutilidad — to render inelegible, bar
* * *a) (de esfuerzo, tentativa) futility, pointlessnessb) ( de persona) uselessness* * *= futility, inutility.Ex. Quickly recognizing the futility of trying to decipher the purpose of the call, she dismissed it from her mind and continued on.Ex. Fred Kilgour, the modern father of networking, made a speech which described the inutility of traditional rules of cataloging which focused on bringing together all of the works of an author under the same heading.----* culto a la inutilidad = cargo cult.* * *a) (de esfuerzo, tentativa) futility, pointlessnessb) ( de persona) uselessness* * *= futility, inutility.Ex: Quickly recognizing the futility of trying to decipher the purpose of the call, she dismissed it from her mind and continued on.
Ex: Fred Kilgour, the modern father of networking, made a speech which described the inutility of traditional rules of cataloging which focused on bringing together all of the works of an author under the same heading.* culto a la inutilidad = cargo cult.* * *1 (de un esfuerzo, una tentativa) futility, uselessness2 (de una persona) uselessnessquedó demostrada su inutilidad it showed how useless he is* * *
inutilidad sustantivo femenino uselessness
' inutilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esterilidad
English:
futility
- uselessness
- worthlessness
* * *inutilidad nf1. [falta de utilidad] uselessness;[falta de eficacia] ineffectiveness; [falta de sentido] pointlessness2. [invalidez] disablement* * *f uselessness* * *inutilidad nf: uselessness -
2 esterilidad
f.sterility.* * *1 (de terreno) sterility, barrenness2 (de hombre) sterility; (de mujer) sterility, infertility3 figurado futility, uselessness* * *SF1) (=infertilidad) [de mujer] sterility, infertility; [de hombre] sterility; [de terreno] sterility, barrenness2) [de esfuerzo] futility, uselessness* * *a) (de persona, animal) sterility; ( de terreno) barrenness, infertilityb) (de esfuerzo, discusión) futilityc) ( asepsia) sterility* * *= infertility.Ex. The author describes the scope of consumer health information relating to fertility and infertility on the Internet.* * *a) (de persona, animal) sterility; ( de terreno) barrenness, infertilityb) (de esfuerzo, discusión) futilityc) ( asepsia) sterility* * *= infertility.Ex: The author describes the scope of consumer health information relating to fertility and infertility on the Internet.
* * *1 (de una mujer, un animal) infertility, sterility; (de un hombre) sterility; (de un terreno) barrenness, infertility2 (de un esfuerzo, una discusión) futility, fruitlessness3 (asepsia) sterility* * *
esterilidad sustantivo femenino
infertility;
( de un hombre) sterility
esterilidad sustantivo femenino
1 (infecundidad) sterility
(inutilidad) futility
2 (ausencia de gérmenes) sterility
' esterilidad' also found in these entries:
English:
infertility
- sterility
* * *esterilidad nf1. [de mujer, hombre, animal] infertility, sterility;[de terreno] barrenness, infertility; [de pensamiento, imaginación] sterility2. [de gasa, instrumental] sterility3. [inutilidad] futility* * *f sterility* * *esterilidad nf1) : sterility2) : infertility -
3 vanidad
f.1 vanity (orgullo).2 futility.3 vain action, fatuous action.* * *1 vanity, conceit* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=presunción) vanity2) (=irrealidad) unreality; (=inutilidad) uselessness, futility; (=superficialidad) shallowness3) (Rel) vanityvanidad de vanidades — (Biblia) vanity of vanities
* * ** * *= vanity, self-importance.Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.----* con vanidad = vainly.* * ** * *= vanity, self-importance.Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.
Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.* con vanidad = vainly.* * *1 (presunción) vanity, conceit, pride; (en cuanto al aspecto físico) vanityla vanidad le impide reconocer sus errores vanity o conceit prevents her from admitting her mistakes, she's too proud to admit her mistakesno usa gafas por pura vanidad she refuses to wear glasses out of sheer vanityhalagar la vanidad de algn to flatter sb's vanity2 ( Relig) vanityvanidad de vanidades, todo es vanidad ( Bib) vanity of vanities, all is vanity* * *
vanidad sustantivo femenino
vanity
vanidad sustantivo femenino vanity
' vanidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gilipollez
- humo
- presunción
- tramontana
- vanamente
English:
conceit
- self-conceit
- vanity
- pride
* * *vanidad nf1. [orgullo] vanity;se niega a admitir sus pequeños defectos por vanidad he refuses out of vanity to admit his little defects2. [inutilidad] futility3. [del mundo] vanity;vanidad de vanidades vanity of vanities* * *f vanity* * *vanidad nf: vanity* * * -
4 inoperancia
f.1 ineffectiveness.2 inaction, ineffectiveness.* * *1 ineffectiveness* * *SF1) [de plan] inoperative character2) [de autoridades, policía] ineffectiveness3) LAm (=inutilidad) uselessness, fruitlessness* * *a) ( inviabilidad) unworkabilityb) ( falta de eficacia) ineffectiveness* * *a) ( inviabilidad) unworkabilityb) ( falta de eficacia) ineffectiveness* * *1 (inviabilidad) unworkability2 (falta de eficacia) ineffectiveness* * *inoperancia nfineffectiveness -
5 inanidad
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6 inutilidad
• fruitlessness• futility• incompatibility• incompetency• ineffective• ineffectual• otiosity• pointlessness• unusefulness• uselessness
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uselessness — noun see useless … New Collegiate Dictionary
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uselessness — noun the quality of being useless … Wiktionary
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uselessness — use·less·ness || juËslɪsnɪs n. state of not being beneficial … English contemporary dictionary
uselessness — use·less·ness … English syllables
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