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futile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain |
futile years after her artistic peak.
futile::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |
| Derivation | futility |
a futile effort.
Examples of futile
futile
One, the alternative-burying high-tension lines-is expensive and largely futile.
From the economist.com
My first attempt was futile and I wondered if I was doing more damage than good.
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Huntingtown tried to outrun the transition-minded Hornets, but it proved futile.
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They were men who acted like boys in futile hopes of reassuring their listeners.
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State law allows physicians to discontinue treatment they deem medically futile.
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The only way to avoid this futile anxiety is to be occupied with something else.
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After years of negotiations, it appears that the entire process has been futile.
From the economist.com
As the Chiefs'final, soon-to-be futile drive began, so did the Bargaining stage.
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Haggard students queue for gruel and wave placards about their next futile demo.
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- Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
- Bootless: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
- (futilely) in a futile and unproductive manner
- (futility) uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
- Futile is a promotional EP by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in July 2003 through Lava Records. It was released in conjunction with Porcupine Tree's North American tour with Opeth, July-August 2003.
- Du00E5u00E5th /u02C8du0254u02D0u03B8/ is an American death metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their music incorporates styles such as thrash metal, death metal, industrial metal, grunge and some traces of gypsy jazz.
- (Futility (novel)) Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan was an 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson. The story features the ocean liner Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. ...
- (Futility (poem)) Futility is a poem by Wilfred Owen, possibly the most renowned poet of the First World War. The poem is well-known for the fact that it is an unusual departure from his style of including disturbing and graphic images in his poems, and instead having an oddly soothing feel to it.
- Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting
