Futile synonyms
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Part of speech:
Incapable of acting or functioning effectively; ineffectual or inept:
not successful
To no purpose
Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
Impossible to do or carry out:
Not making a profit
used (related)
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
Not availing; futile; ineffectual
in-vain
To no purpose
(Rare) Without fruit.
Allowing no hope; causing despair
Impracticable.
The definition of worthless is having no value.
to no effect
To no purpose
A frivolous act or thing
(Rare) Idle; indolent
The definition of sterile is something totally clean and free from bacteria, a living thing that is not able to reproduce sexually and create offspring, or something that is lacking in interest or vitality.
Having an unfavorable outcome:
The quality of being fruitless
The quality of having no useful result; uselessness.
Quality, state, or instance of being inadequate
The state or condition of being ineffectual.
otiosity
The quality of being useless
profitable (antonym)
Not providing reward or satisfaction
thrive (related)
Having no useful result
(Biol.) Arrested in development; rudimentary
Not yielding profit
Having no value; worthless.
resultless
Without result, lacking effect, success or accomplishment.
Not providing satisfaction.
The definition of ineffective is something or someone that does not succeed at accomplishing or moving towards a goal.
Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect
Being without advantage or benefit; useless.
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
Having no value, use, or significance; worthless; useless
Existing in imagination only; imaginary.
productive (antonym)
Effective in achieving specified results; originative. Used with of :
hopeful (antonym)
Feeling or showing hope; expecting to get what one wants
to no avail
To no purpose
Unavailing, futile, or invalid:
Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:
Depleted; in a state of exhaustion.
(Slang) So remarkable as to elicit disbelief; fantastic.
Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
Not substantial
Having little value or importance; trivial
The definition of petty is someone who gets caught up in small details.
Not important; insignificant or petty.
Limited in importance or significance; trivial:
effective (antonym)
Producing a strong impression or response; striking:
fruitful (antonym)
The definition of fruitful is a fertile person with many children, or a plant that produces a lot of fruit, or something productive or effective.
effectual (antonym)
Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect.
Of little value or importance; trifling; trivial
futilitarian
Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.
The definition of inadequate is someone or something that is lacking in something desired or required.
useful (antonym)
Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
Without sleeves
Bereft or deprived:
Synonym Study
- That is useless which has proved to be ineffectual in practice or is theoretically considered to be of no avail
- That is abortive which fails to succeed or miscarries at an early stage of its development
- Fruitless stresses the idea of great and prolonged effort that is profitless or fails to yield results
- Vain also implies failure but does not have as strong a connotation of intrinsic inefficacy as futile
- Futile is applied to that which fails completely of the desired end or is incapable of producing any result
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