Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Word of the Week #1

Vanessa Diaz
Mass Com 100W- T/TR 12:00
Word #1

My Word: Futility

Source: The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

How it was used: “This avenue of first collecting data, getting familiar with the facts, seems to lead us nowhere. It’s nothing more than an exercise in futility” p.287.

Definition: noun, plural- ties for 2, 3
1. The quality of being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness.
2. A trifle or frivolity.
3. A futile act or event.

My sentence: The futility of my classmate led me to do our project by myself.

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