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futile
[ fyoot-l, fyoo-tahyl ]
adjective
- incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- trifling; frivolous; unimportant.
futile
/ ˈːٲɪ /
adjective
- having no effective result; unsuccessful
- pointless; unimportant; trifling
- inane or foolish
don't be so futile!
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܳپԱ, noun
- ˈڳܳپ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڳt· adverb
- ڳt·Ա noun
- ԴDz·ڳt adjective
- ܲ·ڳt adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of futile1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Even in a world after 1916’s Easter Rising — when Irish nationalists revolted against British rule— governmental efforts to revive Irish proved futile.
I dropped my head into my hands and squeezed hard — a futile attempt to contain the chaos in my brain.
It’s like this formless, invisible gas that’s going to find you wherever you are, and so escaping it is pretty futile.
For a movie that starts dying a slow, painful death from its first act, its attempts to lampoon our fear of death are ironically futile.
What Garland did might seem futile, given President Trump's fervent embrace of capital punishment.
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