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"In a digitized land of national ID cards, dropping out will be impossible, and dreaming about it will be futile. \u2014 Walter Kirn , Atlantic , May 2002",
"After Redemption and disfranchisement destroyed black political influence, open challenges to white supremacy were futile and dangerous. \u2014 Adam Fairclough , Journal of American History , June 2000",
"In some futile bid for gentility, the management has barred employees from using the front door, so my first day I enter through the kitchen \u2026 \u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich , Harper's , January 1999",
"In 1845 explorer Charles Sturt led an expedition through these parts on a futile search for an inland sea. \u2014 Thomas O'Neill , National Geographic , April 1997",
"All our efforts proved futile .",
"a futile and foolish gesture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In such a case, resistance is not futile , for the virus that is. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Caring for rivals' offspring is futile , so stallions have evolved strategies to prevent having to raise colts unrelated to them -- including killing young foals, according to research published in the journal Applied Animal Ethology. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"As Kravitz made several futile attempts to continue introducing herself to the audience, more and more catty characters came crawling out of the woodwork. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The loan account had been declared as a non-performing asset (NPA) in July 2016, after futile attempts at restructuring it by the SBI and a failure to recover the money through the process laid out under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). \u2014 Anirban Bhattacharya, Quartz , 20 Feb. 2022",
"But texts obtained by CNN show that Lee, too, had spent months after the election aiding Trump\u2019s futile effort to overturn it. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The House on Wednesday will pass a one-week government funding bill to give lawmakers more time to sort through the mess created after months of futile negotiations and posturing and recent rounds of flip-flopping. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Efforts to pass gun restrictions \u2014 even background checks \u2014 have been futile in Washington, met with opposition from Republican lawmakers. \u2014 Hannah Fingerhut, ajc , 27 May 2022",
"Attempts by deputies and paramedics to revive him were futile and he was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m. \u2014 Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022"
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"Noun",
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"What does the future hold for you",
"It's impossible to predict the future .",
"The company faces an uncertain future .",
"The future was already decided for her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"What is new is that many of the candidates being promoted also espoused lies about the 2020 election, underscoring fears that the election-deniers could be eventually vaunted to positions of power over future races. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"In return, the Pistons have acquired Duren, two future second-rounders, $6 million in cash and two role players. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"Buyers appeared to be stockpiling orders of multiple pills for potential future use for them, as well as their children. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Yiwen Lu And Aaron Gregg, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"At February\u2019s trade deadline, San Antonio sent guard Derrick White to the Celtics for future draft picks. \u2014 Ben Golliver, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"To meet the eye-watering demand, the production sector needs to contribute at least 1% of all production budgets to train their existing and future workforce, the review concludes. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"The deal reached between Palo Alto and the Sobrato Organization follows years of debate and litigation threats surrounding the future use of the property at 340 Portage Ave. \u2014 Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 June 2022",
"In addition to reducing existing acne, clinical trials show that future breakout episodes are shorter, less intense, and more infrequent following the AviClear treatment. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 28 June 2022",
"Definitive answers about the shooting could lead to criminal charges, guide future law enforcement responses during mass shootings and may provide some comfort to the victims\u2019 families. \u2014 Paul Farhi, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Women making music were treated like a novelty \u2014 each group of female musicians treated like the first, their history erased and their connection to the future denied. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
"Jupiter leaves quite a legacy and sired nine cubs during his life -- six of which were born at the Columbus Zoo -- which officials say has contributed to the future of Jupiter\u2019s endangered species. \u2014 Byjon Haworth, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"Africa itself is also looking to the future of energy. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Based on a comic by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, the series follows the adventures of four paper girls living in 1988 who end up transported to the future and encounter their older selves. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"The series tells the story of four teen girls who deliver newspapers who end up transported to the future from 1988, unknowingly throwing them into a battle between two warring time travelers. \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Some researchers believe this to be decades in the future , if not unattainable. \u2014 Karen Hao And Miles Kruppa, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"And that's where his focus is, looking to the future and not relitigating the past. \u2014 CBS News , 26 June 2022",
"Chicago will continue to be important to the future of Citadel, as many of our colleagues have deep ties to Illinois. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 23 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Geometric decals along the side and on the grille accent the pure white exterior and play into the futurism still surrounding the concept of EVs. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"The Hyundai Ioniq 5\u2019s angular style, reminiscent of a futurism once practiced by Renault and Peugeot, stands out in a parking lot. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"The Indigenous futurism of Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz stands out. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Indigenous futurism , which has been gaining attention in recent years across North America, is part of a social and cultural rights movement of self-determination among Indigenous creators and artists. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Elsewhere, though, there are jolts of neon futurism . \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The members of Aespa\u2014Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning\u2014have A.I. avatars, a narrative concept that spans multiple dimensions and creates a distinct visual language that blends fantasy and futurism . \u2014 Crystal Bell, Glamour , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Jaehee Yi, an associate professor at the University of Utah, is also a fellow for the Social Work Health Futures Lab \u2014 a nationwide program that uses futurism as a base for conversations and new thinking. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Where some would channel futurism by referencing the starkness of sci-fi, his dresses\u2014with their rainbow colors and plentiful pleats\u2014reflect a more exuberant path forward. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Polygon1993 is known for a retro- futurist style and has said each of the NFTs incorporate an element of nostalgia. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Jeremy Hindle\u2019s retro- futurist production design, creating alienation in the weirdly spare offices and closets and mining bursts of energy from long tracking shots through Lumon\u2019s overlit and winding hallways. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Feb. 2022",
"All of this fascinates Jason Silva, famed Venezuelan-American TV personality, filmmaker, futurist and speaker, who recently shared a new, awe-inspiring innovation with us: Cybernetics. \u2014 Javier Hasse, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"This high-concept film is action-packed, and Cruise is a key chess piece for Spielberg to use to tell his futurist story. \u2014 cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"That ethos extends to the film\u2019s aesthetic, with practical filmmaking techniques employed to attain its futurist vision. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Desmond Dickerson, the Director of Future of Work Marketing at Microsoft, describes himself as a futurist . \u2014 David Miller, ABC News , 3 May 2022",
"The futurist and the test pilot Is the world ready for wingless hovercraft levitating over cities and hotrodding through congested air corridors",
"Blake Morgan is a bestselling author and customer experience futurist , in addition to being the founder of CustomerExperienceCommunity.com. \u2014 Blake Morgan, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 Adam Brown",
"The Space Rangers are a group of futuristic troubleshooters who zoom around the galaxy in a battle-scarred spaceship, \u2026",
"\u2014 Alan Carter",
"\u2026 the long-awaited sequel to the classic Blade Runner is about to hit cinemas featuring more \u2026 frenzied futuristic action.",
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"\u2014 Grant Wahl"
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"examples":[
"The new offices are very futuristic .",
"The film depicts a futuristic society.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Pose star and singer might be an early contender for best manicure with his metallic green nails, but of course the focal point of this look are those dramatic fake shoulders, which are more futuristic than 9 to 5. \u2014 Allure Staff, Allure , 26 June 2022",
"If a technology is futuristic or disruptive, Mr. Metz most likely knows about it. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"In many ways Voyage puts futuristic technology in service to nostalgia. \u2014 Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"For years, we\u2019ve been sold the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is a hard-to-understand, futuristic technology reserved for tech giants like Amazon and Facebook. \u2014 Lewis Liu, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After all, what's more retro- futuristic than pairing a 2007-vintage iPod to the latest Apple AirPods",
"Instead of futuristic technology or breathless action driving his vision, Villeneuve embraced deep connections to the source material\u2019s existential roots for a uniquely naturalistic and unexpectedly intimate science-fiction opus. \u2014 Todd Gilchrist, Variety , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The first, set in 2022, sees Jade moving with her father and her sister Billy to the futuristic New Raccoon City. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"On Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, right next to a Chik-fil-A, is Spyscape \u2014 a two-floor, futuristic -looking museum/interactive experience space that gives spycraft lovers a close-up look at the world of espionage. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Constituent\u2019s biggest win of the year came in the Restricted Grade 1 Governor\u2019s Cup Futurity when the son of Seperate Interest outdueled stablemate Squid Word to win the 350-yard futurity by a nose. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"His five victories were second overall among freshman sprinters behind Grade 1 futurity winner Apollitical Patty\u2019s six wins. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Her victory was the largest margin by a Two Million winner in his or her next start after winning the rich futurity . \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2021",
"The 10 fastest qualifiers will move on to compete in the first futurity final of the year. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2021",
"The trials to the track\u2019s first futurity , the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten, will take place on Sunday, April 25. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Her margin of victory was the largest ever by a Million winner in his or her next start following the rich futurity . \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Home to Hollywood and situated at the edge of the country right up against the glistening Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles represents the promise of futurity : fortune and fame, health and beauty, sunshine and open space. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2021",
"The Best Feeling was tremendous in his two starts at Grants Pass, winning his futurity trial there by two lengths before winning the 350-yard final by \u00be lengths. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Originally intended for theaters, McKay's film got sucked into a future shock of its own during the pandemic and was sold to Amazon. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 1 July 2021",
"To help assuage the Luddites among us, automakers are gradually phasing in autonomous features that make our commute feel like time regained, but the real cushioning of future shock comes in the form of coddling driver-assistance tech. \u2014 Kevin Sintumuang, Esquire , 20 Oct. 2017"
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"noun"
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": a game developed from soccer that is typically played indoors between two teams of five players each and whose object is to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms":[
"The Brazilian's background is in futsal , a fast-paced and high-skill indoor game \u2026",
"\u2014 Joe Lyons",
"By harvesting rules from other indoor sports\u2014basketball's team size, water polo's goalkeeping, handball's court dimensions\u2014he edited the soccer rule book with just the right amount of tweaks, and futsal began to spread through YMCAs in South America like wildfire.",
"\u2014 Breanna Henry"
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"-\u02ccs\u022fl",
"\u02c8fu\u0307t-\u02ccs\u00e4l"
],
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"borrowed from Spanish futsal, shortened from f\u00fatbol sala or f\u00fatbol de sal\u00f3n \"hall football\"; or borrowed from Portuguese futsal, shortened from futebol de sal\u00e3o \"hall football\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1986, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-101911"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an iron band located near the top of a lower mast and to which the futtock shrouds are secured":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102407"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a short wooden or iron bar covered with leather or canvas and seized across the topmast rigging above the top":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a short iron rod connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170709"
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"futtock plate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an iron plate fastened to the top of a lower mast and equipped with deadeyes to which the topmast rigging and the upper ends of the futtock shrouds are secured":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172215"
},
"futurity race":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a horse race usually for two-year-olds in which the competitors are nominated at birth or before \u2014 compare produce race":[],
": a race or competition (as a field trial) for which entries are made well in advance of the event":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110809"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a usually cotton-filled mattress used on the floor or in a frame as a bed, couch, or chair":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u00fc-\u02cct\u00e4n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each of the 52 dogs in treatment has a kennel the size of a small dorm room: glass doors and walls, a futon to nap on, and saloon doors to their own fenced dog run. \u2014 Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone , 4 July 2022",
"Think of it as the sofa-bed or futon of the ocean as the bed can be reconfigured to a couch easily, reflecting Virgin's emphasis that this is a social ship rather than a place to quietly get away from it all. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
"Kimberly McQueen was spending Friday afternoon at home with her kids, watching TV on the futon and waiting for her husband to come home from work. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"Available as a convertible futon , there's an arm rest option for a more sofa-like appearance. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
"Burr was 37, sleeping on a futon , scared and depressed. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The structure could just as easily make Ford the futon of automakers\u2014kind of good at EVs, kind of good at internal combustion, but not excelling at either. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The Court of Appeals acknowledged that Blount\u2019s apartment in Northwest Baltimore \u2014 where there was no telephone and only a futon for Blount to sleep on \u2014 was not his home. \u2014 Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"One showed a young man resting on a floral futon , playing with his cell phone, while covered by a damask blanket; in another, two men sprawled naked on a hotel bed, swathed in earthy reds reminiscent of a Francis Bacon. \u2014 Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224501"
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"futilous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": futile":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin futil is + English -ous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234824"
},
"futurity cocktail":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cocktail made of sloe gin, vermouth, and sometimes rum and flavored with lemon juice, grenadine, and bitters":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002450"
},
"futurology":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a study that deals with future possibilities based on current trends":[]
"This is this kind of aspirational futurology that has earned Tesla a cultish following and outsize stock-market valuation. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
"In 1930, the English economist John Maynard Keynes took a break from writing about the problems of the interwar economy and indulged in a bit of futurology . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Disneyland seems to have lost its passion for futurology , letting what was once an innovative, optimistic, imaginative Tomorrowland slip into a symbol of yesteryear. \u2014 Rachel Withers, Slate Magazine , 4 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040310"
},
"futz":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": fool around sense 1":[
"\u2014 often used with around futz around without producing any worthwhile music \u2014 John Koegel"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0259ts"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How refreshing, then, were the novels that didn\u2019t futz about, that simply demanded that readers submit to their vision of things. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"While the strategy behind the release came with a heightened sense of responsibility owing to Lizzo\u2019s meteoric rise, Reed and his team tried not to futz too much with a winning formula. \u2014 Chris Eggertsen, Billboard , 2 Sep. 2021",
"From there, the worms can unleash a slurry of proteins and chemicals that futz with the ant\u2019s core physiology, likely impacting their host\u2019s hormones, immune system, and genes. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 18 May 2021",
"And if City Council President Kim Janey wants to futz with the percentage, that\u2019s her prerogative. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Here every square inch of interior space is acclimatized to a refreshing and humidity-free 72 degrees Fahrenheit\u2014so brisk that some of us futz around wearing sweaters and socks while the outside temperature climbs toward 100. \u2014 James Nestor, Scientific American , 12 Feb. 2018",
"The band occasionally stopped futzing around to fine-tune the song. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 29 Aug. 2019",
"The Alabama Democratic Party \u2014 the formal entity, not Democrats generally \u2014 is a joke, and the national party is sick of its futzing around. \u2014 al , 16 Aug. 2019",
"No xenon to futz with, or wings to flap, or rotors to spin. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 4 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps part modification, partial translation of Yiddish arumfartsn zikh , literally, to fart around":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-054954"
},
"futility":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being futile : uselessness":[
"His speech focused on the futility of violence."
],
": a useless act or gesture":[
"the futilities of debate for its own sake",
"\u2014 W. A. White"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"fy\u00fc-\u02c8ti-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"fyu\u0307-\u02c8ti-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Court explained the ultimate futility of the efforts to coerce uniformity, as evidenced by failures of such efforts in Nazi Germany, the Russian Revolution, the Inquisition, and the Roman attempts to banish Christianity. \u2014 Michael Farris, National Review , 9 June 2021",
"As the Angels celebrate the 20th anniversary of the championship season, that one hour stands between a team and a complete and utter history of futility . \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"The two seasons of futility that followed were difficult for all of them, but no more so than for Thompson, who also tore his right Achilles\u2019 tendon during the fall of 2020, sidelining him for an additional year. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"The fact that each Omicron subvariant seems to be even more transmissible than the last only adds to the sense of futility . \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Theories are plentiful and nearly as repetitive as the string of futility . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"That sense of futility has only grown in Minneapolis, where residents remain deeply divided over the future of public safety despite widespread calls for police reform in the aftermath of Floyd\u2019s death. \u2014 Tess Allen, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Mobley, the third pick in the 2021 NBA Draft who helped transform the Cavaliers into a playoff contender after three years of futility , was edged out by Toronto Raptors swingman Scottie Barnes in the closest vote in nearly two decades. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022",
"In the three days since 19 students and two teachers lost their lives in Uvalde, many Americans have felt a similar sense of futility . \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French and Latin; French futilit\u00e9, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin f\u016btilit\u0101t-, f\u016btilit\u0101s (also futtilit\u0101t-, futtilit\u0101s ) \"unprofitableness, uselessness,\" from f\u016btilis, futtilis \"brittle, fragile (of containers), serving no purpose, pointless\" + -it\u0101t- -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at futile":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103024"
},
"futilitarian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who believes that human striving is futile":[]
