Words and phrases that have a meaning related to futile: (119 results)
Often used in the same context:
fruitless, pointless, vain, useless, unfruitful, unsuccessful, counterproductive, misguided, meaningless, hopeless, unproductive, foolhardy, sisyphean, ineffective, quixotic, wearisome, ineffectual, foolish, unavailing, halfhearted, tedious, tiresome, superfluous, unrewarding, illogical, valiant, feeble, laughable, irrelevant, exhausting, preposterous, impractical, unnecessary, unwise, impotent, worthwhile, nugatory, unfeasible, absurd, ludicrous, wishful thinking, impossible, costly, pathetic, worthless, nonsensical, trite, frantic, fatuous, purposeless, desperate, ridiculous, chimerical, abortive, monotonous, idiotic, specious, implausible, asinine, farfetched, inconsequential, laborious, wrongheaded, interminable, powerless, inefficacious, arduous, illusory, unpractical, frivolous, torturous, endless, moot, mindless, unhelpful, strenuous, otiose, silly, unworthy, ceaseless, hackneyed, wasteful, plausible, fallacious, insincere, vainglorious, inevitable, desultory, aimless, incomprehensible, disingenuous, perfunctory, forlorn, unwarranted, unsatisfying, risible, irrational, unceasing, heroic, valueless, clumsy, tortuous, profitless, bootless, vigorous, neverending, protracted, unending
Appears in the definition of:
constipation, deadening, emptiness, futilely, impairment, mug's game, play, sisyphean, stultification, vanity
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Also try:sleeveless
— Nouns for futile: attempt, attempts, effort, efforts, exercise, gesture, search, struggle, hope, task, quest, more...
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