Futilitarian

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  • adjective. Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.
  • noun. One who holds the view that human endeavor is futile.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Devoted to worthless or useless pursuits, aims, or the like.
  • noun. A person given to useless or worthless pursuits.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. having the opinion that all human activity is futile
  • noun. a person with such views
  • Word Usage
    "Winnie, Beckett’s "hopeful futilitarian" is buried up to her waist in the earth, woken and summoned to bed each day by the same disembodied bell."