FUTILE
\fjˈuːta͡ɪl], \fjˈuːtaɪl], \f_j_ˈuː_t_aɪ_l]\
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unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
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producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
By Princeton University
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unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
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producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Useless: unavailing: trifling.
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FUTILELY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Thomas Sheridan
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