'Futile' definitions:

Definition of 'futile'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing]
adjective
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" [syn: bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain]

Definition of 'Futile'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Talkers and futile persons. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of no importance; having no useful purpose; useless; vain; worthless; pointless. "Futile theories." --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • His reasoning . . . was singularly futile. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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