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futile

/ˈfjuːtəl/  ·  say it: FYOO·tuhl

incapable of producing a useful result

In Sophisticated Everyday

In more detail

1. (adjective) producing no useful result; unsuccessful or pointless

2. (adjective) unlikely to succeed or have any effect

Examples

• 1. Their efforts to save the company proved futile when it went bankrupt anyway.
• 2. It seemed futile to argue with someone who had already made up their mind.

Nearby in Sophisticated Everyday

fastidious, feasible, fortuitous, gratuitous, impeccable, inadvertent