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- pronunciation:
- fyu
tihl
[or]
fyu
taIl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless.
Their efforts to save the ship were futile and they were forced to abandon it.He hoped she would forgive him, but his apology was futile.- synonyms:
- abortive, bootless, idle, ineffective, nugatory, otiose, unavailing, useless, vain
- antonyms:
- effective, successful
- similar words:
- feeble, fruitless, hopeless, impotent, insufficient, pointless, void
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| definition 2: |
unimportant; trivial.
- synonyms:
- inconsequential, insignificant, negligible, nugatory, petty, piddling, slight, trifling, trivial, vain
- similar words:
- frivolous, worthless
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| related words: |
abortive, blank, desperate, empty, lost, stupid |
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| derivations: |
futilely (adv.), futileness (n.) |
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