Futile

Adjective

 * 1) Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.

Synonyms

 * ineffectual
 * unavailing
 * vain
 * idle
 * fruitless
 * See also Thesaurus:futile

Antonyms

 * effectual
 * effective

Related terms

 * futility
 * futilitarian

Adverbs for Futile
lamentably; invariably; unfortunately; deplorably; helplessly; unluckily; unhappily, feebly; weakly.

Thesaurus
abortive, absurd, airy, apish, asinine, bad, barren, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bootless, brainless, buffoonish, catchpenny, cockeyed, counterproductive, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dizzy, doomed, doting, dumb, effete, empty, etiolated, failed, failing, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, flaky, flimsy, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, foredoomed, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fruitless, fuddled, gaga, goofy, gulled, hollow, idiotic, idle, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-timed, imbecile, impolitic, impotent, improper, in vain, inadequate, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inexpedient, infatuated, infelicitous, inoperative, inopportune, insane, insufficient, invalid, kooky, lame, light, loony, mad, mal a propos, malapropos, manque, maudlin, miscarried, miscarrying, moronic, nugacious, nugatory, nutty, of no effect, of no force, otiose, out of place, profitless, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, shallow, silly, slender, slight, sterile, stickit, stillborn, stupid, successless, superficial, thoughtless, trifling, trite, trivial, unavailable, unavailing, unbefitting, undesirable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unmeet, unproductive, unprofitable, unsatisfactory, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untimely, unwise, useless, vacuous, vain, vapid, wacky, wet, windy, witless, worthless, wrong

Etymology
From futilis:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: turha, tulokseton, toivoton
 * French:
 * Georgian: ფუჭი ('pu'tchi)
 * German:
 * Greek: μάταιος


 * Italian:
 * Navajo:
 * Persian: پوچ ,بى فايده ,عبث
 * Polish: daremny
 * Russian:, бесплодный
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , fåfäng

Adjective

 * 1) futile

Related terms

 * futilité

Adjective

 * 1) futile

Related terms

 * futilità

Anagrams

 * fluite