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futile — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • futile adjective Producing no useful result; pointless or doomed to fail.
  • trifling adj Of very little importance or value.
  • unavailing adj Fruitless, futile, useless.
  • vain adj Excessively proud of one's own looks or achievements.

Senses

futile is used for these senses in English:

  • futile Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
  • trifling Trivial, or of little importance.
  • unavailing Fruitless, futile, useless.
  • vain Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.

trifling — full definition

  1. adj Of very little importance or value.
  2. adj Not to be taken seriously; frivolous or unreliable in behavior.

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