Futile
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adjective.
Having no useful result; ineffectual.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Frivolous; merely loquacious.
Of no effect; answering no valuable purpose; useless; ineffective; trifling: as,
futile
efforts;
futile
prattle.
Synonyms
Trivial, frivolous, unimportant, useless, bootless, unavailing, profitless, vain, idle.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
adjective.
Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Incapable of producing results;
useless
; not successful; not worth attempting.
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adjective.
producing no result or effect
adjective.
unproductive of success
Word Usage
"It will cost millions in marketing and promotion, or what I call a futile attempt and waste of shareholder equity."