futile

[Fu·tile]

When something fails to deliver a useful result, you can call it futile. Hopefully all the time you're spending studying vocabulary won't turn out to be futile!

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Talkative; loquacious; tattling.

Adjective S.
unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

Adjective S.
producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

v. t.
Talkative; loquacious; tattling.

v. t.
Of 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." I. Taylor.

His reasoning . . . was singularly futile.

Talkative; loquacious; tattling.

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Usage Examples

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky yet I know you exist and are no futile dream.

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Other Usage Examples

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.