Futile synonyms
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Part of speech:
(Archaic) Foolish.
Not availing; futile; ineffectual
in-vain
To no purpose
(Rare) Without fruit.
Not handling practical matters well
Low; despicable:
(Archaic) Not capable of being managed or dealt with; intractable
Not making a profit
to no effect
To no purpose
not successful
To no purpose
used (related)
(Rare) Idle; indolent
Failing to score a point:
Not able to produce offspring, seeds, or fruit; unable to reproduce.
Not providing reward or satisfaction
Having an unfavorable outcome:
The quality of being fruitless
Quality, state, or instance of being inadequate
The state or condition of being ineffectual.
otiosity
The quality of being useless
hopeful (antonym)
profitable (antonym)
productive (antonym)
thrive (related)
Causing or meant to cause abortion; abortifacient.
Not yielding profit
Having no value; worthless.
resultless
Without result, lacking effect, success or accomplishment.
Not providing satisfaction.
Not effective; not producing the desired effect; ineffectual
Unable or insufficient to produce effect; futile
Not productive; useless; fruitless.
to no avail
To no purpose
Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:
Having no occupants; not being used:
Of little or no importance; trifling:
Having a cavity, gap, or space within:
Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
Depleted; in a state of exhaustion.
Not real, actual, or genuine; imaginary, fanciful, insubstantial, false, etc.
Tending to delude.
Lacking basis in fact.
Seeing or disposed to see visions
Having little value or importance; trivial
Relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant
Not important; insignificant or petty.
Limited in importance or significance; trivial:
effective (antonym)
fruitful (antonym)
effectual (antonym)
trivial (related)
Bereft or deprived:
Of a claim or assertion in litigation, that it lacks merit or substance; often a pejorative term, implying bad faith or negligence by the pleading party. Of a claim or assertion in litigation, that it lacks merit or substance; often a pejorative term, implying bad faith or negligence by the pleading party.
futilitarian
Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.
Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
useful (antonym)
Without sleeves
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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