Thesaurus
:
futile
T
hesaurus
futile
English
Adjective
Sense: incapable of producing results; not worth attempting
Synonyms
bootless
futile
fruitless
gainless
idle
inane
ineffectual
inefficacious
inutile
(
obsolete
)
pointless
profitless
purposeless
unavailing
unprofitable
unuseful
unutilizable
useless
vain
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⇒ thesaurus
]
void
Antonyms
worthwhile
effectual
effective
fruitful
Further reading
“
645. inutility
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
futile
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.