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1.
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
2.
trifling; frivolous; unimportant.
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Futile
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futile
1550s, from M.Fr. futile, from L. futilis "vain, worthless, futile," lit. "pouring out easily" (of a vessel), hence "easily emptied, leaky, unreliable," from base of fundere "pour, melt," from PIE *gheu- "to pour" (see found (2)). Related: Futilely.
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