futile
adjective
[ ˈfjuːtʌɪl ]
• incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
• "a futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage"
Similar:
fruitless,
vain,
pointless,
useless,
worthless,
ineffectual,
ineffective,
inefficacious,
to no effect,
of no use,
in vain,
to no avail,
unavailing,
unsuccessful,
failed,
thwarted,
unproductive,
barren,
unprofitable,
abortive,
impotent,
hollow,
empty,
forlorn,
idle,
sterile,
nugatory,
valueless,
hopeless,
doomed,
lost,
no good to gundy,
bootless,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin futilis ‘leaky, futile’, apparently from fundere ‘pour’.
