Futile
adjective
Something that is pointless or ineffective.
Your effort to convince him is futile as he never changes his mind.
Often appears as...
- futile effort
- futile attempt
adjective
Not producing any result, useless.
His attempts to win her back were futile and only pushed her further away.
Often appears as...
- futile exercise
- futile gesture
adjective
Unlikely to achieve or be successful.
With so little evidence, it seemed a futile task to try and trace the thief.
Often appears as...
- futile attempt
- futile endeavor
adjective
Something that is pointless or ineffective.
Your effort to convince him is futile as he never changes his mind.
Often appears as...
- futile effort
- futile attempt
adjective
Not producing any result, useless.
His attempts to win her back were futile and only pushed her further away.
Often appears as...
- futile exercise
- futile gesture
adjective
Unlikely to achieve or be successful.
With so little evidence, it seemed a futile task to try and trace the thief.
Often appears as...
- futile attempt
- futile endeavor
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Connotation
The word 'futile' often implies disappointment or a negative outcome from an effort or action.
Realizing that arguing further was futile, she left the room in silence.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Weight
'Futile' may carry an emotional weight, suggesting a sense of frustration or resignation.
Watching the team struggle in the last minutes was a futile sight.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Connotation
The word 'futile' often implies disappointment or a negative outcome from an effort or action.
Realizing that arguing further was futile, she left the room in silence.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Weight
'Futile' may carry an emotional weight, suggesting a sense of frustration or resignation.
Watching the team struggle in the last minutes was a futile sight.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Connotation
The word 'futile' often implies disappointment or a negative outcome from an effort or action.
Realizing that arguing further was futile, she left the room in silence.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Weight
'Futile' may carry an emotional weight, suggesting a sense of frustration or resignation.
Watching the team struggle in the last minutes was a futile sight.
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Is life meaningless? And...
as two incompatible puzzle pieces, and considered trying to fit them together to be fundamentally absurd. This tension became the heart of Camus’ Philosophy of the Absurd, which argued that life is inherently futile. Exploring how to live without meaning
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Everything you need to...
The book traces Dr. Frankenstein's futile quest to impart and sustain life. He constructs his monster part by part from dead matter and electrifies it into conscious being. Upon completing the experiment, however, he's horrified at the result and flees.
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Where Our Fear of Sharks...
so trying to avoid that fact, I feel like is a bit futile at this stage. - These rare bites typically stem from curiosity or mistaken identity, yet how we feel about sharks versus the data, that's a different story. Like a really different story.
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Why is this painting so...
But in this context, the style offers a profoundly overwhelming view of violence, destruction, and casualties. Multiple perspectives only compound the horror on display– sending the eyes hurtling around the frame in a futile hunt for peace.
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and build armed citadels, or you may look for life-forms and species to learn from and respect. And you can use all the moneys we all have earned to wage futile wars and give guns in the hands of little children
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Infinity according to...
so there are some profound books, but also countless tomes of complete gibberish. The narrator has spent his entire life wandering this vast labyrinth of information in a possibly futile search for meaning.
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
they lock antlers rehearsing for the upcoming rut but they will return to the Heinz territory to compete for breeding rights although for these young stags it all seems somewhat futile considering
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12 truths I learned from...
While fixing and saving and trying to rescue is futile, radical self-care is quantum, and it radiates out from you into the atmosphere like a little fresh air. It's a huge gift to the world.
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Inside the mind of a...
learn to right wrongs without even attempting to justify cruel, unjust and futile behavior. Instead create a few beautiful and useful things that outlive us. Approach the world, life,
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The surprising solution...
and not the pollution. And so, OK, maybe cleaning the ocean is futile. It might be. But preventing ocean plastic could be humanity's richest opportunity.
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Is life meaningless? And...
as two incompatible puzzle pieces, and considered trying to fit them together to be fundamentally absurd. This tension became the heart of Camus’ Philosophy of the Absurd, which argued that life is inherently futile. Exploring how to live without meaning
Video examples
Everything you need to...
The book traces Dr. Frankenstein's futile quest to impart and sustain life. He constructs his monster part by part from dead matter and electrifies it into conscious being. Upon completing the experiment, however, he's horrified at the result and flees.
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Where Our Fear of Sharks...
so trying to avoid that fact, I feel like is a bit futile at this stage. - These rare bites typically stem from curiosity or mistaken identity, yet how we feel about sharks versus the data, that's a different story. Like a really different story.
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Why is this painting so...
But in this context, the style offers a profoundly overwhelming view of violence, destruction, and casualties. Multiple perspectives only compound the horror on display– sending the eyes hurtling around the frame in a futile hunt for peace.
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and build armed citadels, or you may look for life-forms and species to learn from and respect. And you can use all the moneys we all have earned to wage futile wars and give guns in the hands of little children
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Infinity according to...
so there are some profound books, but also countless tomes of complete gibberish. The narrator has spent his entire life wandering this vast labyrinth of information in a possibly futile search for meaning.
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
they lock antlers rehearsing for the upcoming rut but they will return to the Heinz territory to compete for breeding rights although for these young stags it all seems somewhat futile considering
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12 truths I learned from...
While fixing and saving and trying to rescue is futile, radical self-care is quantum, and it radiates out from you into the atmosphere like a little fresh air. It's a huge gift to the world.
Video examples
Inside the mind of a...
learn to right wrongs without even attempting to justify cruel, unjust and futile behavior. Instead create a few beautiful and useful things that outlive us. Approach the world, life,
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The surprising solution...
and not the pollution. And so, OK, maybe cleaning the ocean is futile. It might be. But preventing ocean plastic could be humanity's richest opportunity.
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Christopher Guest
British Director
They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond belief. I've never bought any, but I could watch those ads for 24 hours straight. People with straight faces saying this thing will take strokes off your game - that's my peculiar obsession.
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William Nicholson
British Writer
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the supreme literary form - not just one among many, not a relic of the past, but the way we communicate to one another the subtlest truths about this business of living.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
All you have to do is hold your first soldier who is dying in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that I can't do anything about it... Then you understand the horror of war.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
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Douglas Alexander
British Politician
David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Pope John Paul II
Polish Saint
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
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Abu Bakr
Leader
Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
American Author
Death, only, renders hope futile.
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Christopher Guest
British Director
They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond belief. I've never bought any, but I could watch those ads for 24 hours straight. People with straight faces saying this thing will take strokes off your game - that's my peculiar obsession.
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William Nicholson
British Writer
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the supreme literary form - not just one among many, not a relic of the past, but the way we communicate to one another the subtlest truths about this business of living.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
All you have to do is hold your first soldier who is dying in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that I can't do anything about it... Then you understand the horror of war.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.
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Douglas Alexander
British Politician
David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Pope John Paul II
Polish Saint
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
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Abu Bakr
Leader
Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
American Author
Death, only, renders hope futile.
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