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What (who) is futile - definition
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Futile; Futility (novel); Futility (disambiguation)
futile
If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
= pointless
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
Futile
·vt Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
II. Futile ·vt Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
futile
adj. futile to + inf. (it's futile to speculate about what might have been = it's futile speculating about what might have been)
Wikipedia
Futility
Futility or Futile may refer to:
- Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, an 1898 novel
- "Futility" (poem), 1918 poem by Wilfred Owen
- Futile (EP), a 2003 EP album by Porcupine Tree
- Futility (album), a 2004 album of the industrial death metal band DÅÅTH
- Futility, a 1922 novel by William Gerhardie
Examples of use of futile
1. The opposite response – negotiation is equally futile.
2. The opposite response – negotiation – is equally futile.
3. Republicans argued that Frank‘s bill was a futile effort.
4. Leong insisted, however, that his campaign was not futile.
5. Evidence of the residents‘ futile protest against the pullout abounded.