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1. (adj.) futile
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
Attempts to swim across the stormy channel were futile.
2. futile
trifling; frivolous.
Etymology: (1545–55; < L fūtilis, futtilis brittle, vain, worthless, perh. =fū- (akin to fundere to pour, melt) +-tilis -tile)
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1. (adj) futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing
producing no result or effect
"a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
2. (adj) bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
unproductive of success
"a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
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1. (adjective) futile
not likely to succeed and therefore not worth doing
a futile attempt to control his behavior; It's futile to try to stop the process.
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1. (verb) futile
talkative; loquacious; tattling
2. (verb) futile
of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless
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Sense: useless; having no effect
a futile attempt.
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 Afrikaans: vergeefs |
 Arabic: عَقيم، غَيْر فَعّال |
 Bulgarian: безполезен |
 Brazilian: inútil |
 Czech: marný |
 German: nutzlos |
 Danish: nytteløs; forgæves |
 Greek: μάταιος |
 Spanish: fútil, vano, inútil |
 Estonian: kasutu |
 Farsi: بیهوده |
 Finnish: turha |
 French: futile |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר תּוֹעֶלֶת |
 Hindi: व्यर्थ |
 Croatian: uzaludan |
 Hungarian: haszontalan |
 Indonesian: sia-sia |
 Icelandic: gagnslaus,árangurslaus |
 Italian: inutile |
 Japanese: 無駄な |
 Korean: 헛된 |
 Lithuanian: bergždžias, tuščias |
 Latvian: veltīgs; velts |
 Malay: sia-sia |
 Dutch: nutteloos |
 Norwegian: forgjeves, fåfengt, ørkes |
 Polish: daremny, próżny |
 Persian: بیهوده |
 Pashto: بې ګټى، عبث، باطل |
 Portuguese: inútil |
 Romanian: zadarnic |
 Russian: бесполезный |
 Slovak: márny |
 Slovenian: jalov |
 Serbian: uzaludan |
 Swedish: fåfäng, fruktlös, menings |
 Thai: ไร้ประโยชน์ |
 Turkish: yararsız, boş |
 Taiwanese: 無用的 |
 Ukrainian: марний, даремний |
 Urdu: بے کار ، بے اثر |
 Vietnamese: vô ích; không có hiệu quả |
 Chinese: 无用的 |
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