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futileadjective producing no resultsthe prison is so well guarded that all attempts to escape have been futile abortive, barren, bootless, empty, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, otiose, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain hollow, idle, meaningless, pointless, valueless, worthlesshopeless, impossible, lost, no-win, unattainableinadequate, insufficient, lacking, wantingcounterproductive in vain, no dice, not worth the candle, of no avail deadly, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, fruitful, potent, productive, profitable, successful, virtuous meaningful, worthwhileadequate, sufficientapplicable, feasible, functional, practicable, practical, realizable, usable(also useable), workable lacking in seriousness or maturitythe futile chatter of gossip columnists about the comings and goings of Hollywood celebrities birdbrained, ditzy(or ditsy), dizzy, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, giddy, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, light-minded, puerile, scatterbrained, silly, yeasty fatuous, foolish, inane, nonsensical, thoughtless, witlesscrazy, daffy, daft, fruityexuberant, flippant, fluttery, giggly, happy, light, lighthearted, playfulsappy, shallow, superficial earnest, serious, serious-minded, sober, unfrivolous grave, melancholy, somber(or sombre), thoughtfuldignified, heavy, no-nonsense, sedate, severe, solemn, staid futile, vain, fruitless mean producing no result.futile may connote completeness of failure or unwisdom of undertaking.resistance had proved so futile that surrender was the only choice left vain usually implies simple failure to achieve a desired result.a vain attempt to get the car started fruitless comes close to vain but often suggests long and arduous effort or severe disappointment.fruitless efforts to obtain a lasting peace ca. 1555 |