FUTILE


Meaning of FUTILE in English

/ ˈfjuːtaɪl; NAmE -tl/ adjective

having no purpose because there is no chance of success

SYN pointless :

a futile attempt / exercise / gesture

Their efforts to revive him were futile.

It would be futile to protest.

My appeal proved futile.

►  fu·til·ity / fjuːˈtɪləti; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

a sense of futility

the futility of war

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from Latin futilis leaky, futile, apparently from fundere pour.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.