futureness UK /ˈfjuːt͡ʃənəs/US /ˈfjuːt͡ʃɚnəs/ noun1 •The quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future.What is posited as future is just the futureness of a sprout. That is, the sprout that will come is not future since when it exists, it exists at the present time. — 1990 formsfuturenesses