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futile

[ fyoot-l, fyoo-tahyl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:

    Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.

  2. trifling; frivolous; unimportant.


futile

/ ˈːٲɪ /

adjective

  1. having no effective result; unsuccessful
  2. pointless; unimportant; trifling
  3. inane or foolish

    don't be so futile!

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܳپԱ, noun
  • ˈڳܳپ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of futile1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin fūtilis, futtilis “easily broken, vain, worthless,” equivalent to ū- (akin to fundere “to pour, melt”) + -ilis -ile
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of futile1

C16: from Latin futtilis pouring out easily, worthless, from fundere to pour out
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Synonym Study

See useless.
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Example Sentences

I dropped my head into my hands and squeezed hard — a futile attempt to contain the chaos in my brain.

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It’s like this formless, invisible gas that’s going to find you wherever you are, and so escaping it is pretty futile.

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For a movie that starts dying a slow, painful death from its first act, its attempts to lampoon our fear of death are ironically futile.

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What Garland did might seem futile, given President Trump's fervent embrace of capital punishment.

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