bootlessness
Effort without result
Bootlessness is the quality of being futile or unavailing.
The adjective bootless, now archaic, meant without profit or advantage—nothing to do with footwear.
The bootlessness of their efforts became apparent when the project was cancelled.
The word appears occasionally in literary contexts but sounds antiquated in everyday speech.
State of lacking meaning
- uselessnessLack of practical value
- fruitlessnessLack of productive outcome
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
- vainnessExcessive pride in oneself
meaninglessness · ineffectiveness · unproductiveness · worthlessness · emptiness · hollowness · nugatory · otiose
Inability to produce results
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- inefficacyInability to achieve intended outcome
- weaknessDeficiency in force
inadequacy · incapacity · inability · ineptitude · incompetence · insufficiency · failure · paralysis
State without hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- dejectionState of lowness
- discouragementLoss of confidence
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
pessimism · defeatism · resignation · desolation · forlornness · bleakness · gloom · dispiritedness
pointlessness
State of lacking meaning
- uselessnessLack of practical value
- fruitlessnessLack of productive outcome
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
vainness · meaninglessness · ineffectiveness · unproductiveness · worthlessness · emptiness · hollowness · nugatory · otiose · vanity
ineffectuality
Inability to produce results
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- inefficacyInability to achieve intended outcome
weakness · inadequacy · incapacity · inability · ineptitude · incompetence · insufficiency · failure · paralysis · feebleness
hopelessness
State without hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- dejectionState of lowness
- discouragementLoss of confidence
dismay · pessimism · defeatism · resignation · desolation · forlornness · bleakness · gloom · dispiritedness · demoralization
bootlessnesseffectiveness
Success in producing results
efficacy · usefulness · utility · fruitfulness · productiveness
bootlessnesspurposefulness
Having deliberate intent
meaningfulness · significance · consequentiality · import · relevance