turhanpäiväinen

Finnish

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Definitions
  • futile, useless, meaningless
  • frivolous, not serious or meaningful

Etymology

Affix from Finnish turha (pointless, useless, futile) + Finnish päivä (day, of the day, date, day's, sun, days).

Origin

Finnish

päivä

Gloss

day, of the day, date, day's, sun, days

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

日, 陽

Emoji

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