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Adjective: futile  fyoot(u)l [N. Amer], fyootI(u)l [Brit]
  1. Producing no result or effect
    "a futile effort"
    - ineffectual, otiose, unavailing
     
  2. Unproductive of success
    "futile years after her artistic peak"
    - bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain

See also: futilely, futility, unproductive, useless

Encyclopedia: Futile

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