Meaning
1 sensesA course of action doomed to be futile.
Examples
1 sentencesThis is the worst snowstorm to hit England in 18 years. And for some the journey into work became an exercise in futility.
Forms
plural: exercises in futility| Singular | exercise in futility |
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| Plural | exercises in futility |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedwild-goose chase
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.