fruitless, unproductive; unsuccessful; worthless; frivolous
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Futile Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Futile Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
(v. t.)
Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
futile
\fu"tile\ (?; 277), a. [l. futilis that easily pours out, that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of fundere to pour out: cf. f. futile. see fuse, v. t.]
1. talkative; loquacious; tattling. [obs.] talkers and futile persons.
2. of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless. "futile theories." taylor. his reasoning was singularly futile.
futile
adj
1. producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: ineffectual, otiose, unavailing]
2. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" [syn: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain]
Of no avail or effect.
Adjective
1. producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
(synonym) ineffectual, otiose, unavailing
(similar) useless
2. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
(synonym) bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain
(similar) unproductive
Futile Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Futile may refer to:
- Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, an 1898 novel
- Futility (poem), 1918 poem by Wilfred Owen
- Futile (Porcupine Tree), 2003 EP album by Porcupine Tree
- Futility (album), 2004 album of the industrial death metal band DÅÅTH
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