futile
adjective /ˈfjuː.taɪl/
/-t̬əl/ Definition
› (of actions) having no effect or achieving nothing: Attempts to get supplies to the region are futile because troops will not allow the aid convoy to enter the city. It's quite futile trying to reason with him - he just won't listen. All my attempts to cheer her up proved futile.Useless and futileUnsuccessful (people and things) futility /fjuːˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/
/-t̬i/ noun [U] › "What's his latest book about?" "Oh, the usual - the transience of love and the futility of life."Useless and futile
/-t̬i/ noun [U] › "What's his latest book about?" "Oh, the usual - the transience of love and the futility of life."Useless and futile(Definition of futile adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- outlive your usefulness idiom
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
- vainly adverb
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