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tile
Comparative
more futile
Superlative
most futile
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unable to result in success or anything useful
- Their attempts to repair the old machinery proved futile, as it was beyond repair.
- Trying to reason with him was futile; he wouldn't listen to anyone.
- She felt that her efforts to change the company's policies were futile in the face of bureaucracy.
- The search for survivors in the rubble became increasingly futile as time passed.
- His attempts to persuade her to stay were futile; she had already made up her mind.