absurdity aimlessness bankruptcy big deal blank future bleak outlook bootlessness counterproductiveness counterproductivity dead letter defeat emptiness empty sound failure fatuity fecklessness flimsiness foolishness frivolity frivolousness fruitlessness hollowness hopelessness idleness ill success impoliticalness impoliticness impossibility impotence inadvisability inanity inappropriateness inaptitude incongruity inconvenience inconveniency ineffectiveness ineffectuality ineffectualness inefficaciousness inefficacy ineptitude inexpectation inexpedience inexpediency infelicity inopportuneness insignificance invalidity levity lightness losing game meaninglessness mere noise no go no hope noise nonaccomplishment nonsensicality nonsuccess not a prayer nugacity nullity otiosity phatic communion pointlessness profitlessness purposelessness rat race senselessness shallowness silliness slenderness slightness small hope successlessness superficiality the absurd triflingness triteness triviality trivialness undesirability unfitness unfittingness unfortunateness unhopefulness unmeaningness unmeetness unproductiveness unprofitability unprofitableness unseasonableness unseemliness unsignificancy unsuccess unsuccessfulness unsuitability untimeliness unwiseness uselessness vacuity valuelessness vanity vapidity vicious circle worthlessness wrongness