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Definition of Futile
1. Adjective. Producing no result or effect. "An unavailing attempt"
Similar to: Useless
Derivative terms: Futility, Ineffectuality, Ineffectualness
2. Adjective. Unproductive of success. "A vain attempt"
Similar to: Unproductive
Derivative terms: Fruitlessness
Definition of Futile
1. a. Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
Definition of Futile
1. Adjective. Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Futile
1. having no useful result [adj] : FUTILELY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Futile
Literary usage of Futile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"table will-o'-the-wisp, leading investigators into a bog where their labors and
their thinking were alike futile. ..."
2. Report (1900)
"... swamps to vegetables, and the fertile plains are left for the purposes of
general agriculture. futile EXPERIMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The lad followed this prince to France, serving through the final and futile
Edwardian invasion, which ended in the Peace of Brétigny (1360), and was taken ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"futile negotiations.—Napoleons army. [isio absolutely incapable of stirring up
further troubles." By a supplementary clause, the British Ministry engaged to ..."
5. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"... proposal to destroy the English fleet — His assassination plans — Plot to
poison Queen Elizabeth — Conspiracies against Prince Maurice — futile attempts ..."
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