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Meanings of futile in inglés

Unproductive of success.

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Producing no result or effect.

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Examples for "vain"
Examples for "vain"
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I coaxed; I threatened; I persuaded; but it was all in vain.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
2
They organize in vain; they protest in vain; they appeal in vain.
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
3
I can say this, however: your good looks haven't made you vain.
Black house
4
Mark inquired; Lord Minchampstead inquired; great personages inquired; but all in vain.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
5
Her aunt scolded in vain; in spite of the remarks of Mlle.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
1
Yet, each search over the course of almost two years proved fruitless.
The South African
2
Fighting him on land is fruitless, he just slips back to sea.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
3
But all efforts to find their family and their home proved fruitless.
The Guardian
4
An unprecedented multinational search for the jet has so far proved fruitless.
Reuters
5
That too was a fruitless effort; it had no intention of compliance.
The Hellbound Heart
1
Luke Donald's diamond-patterned sleeveless jumpers are a throwback to older fashion days.
The Irish Times
2
Loose-fitting women's tops rendered in natural fibers were sleeveless and seemingly carefree.
Reuters
3
She soon peeled away two layers to reveal a sleeveless orange top.
Reuters
4
She was wearing nothing but her panties and a sleeveless baby-doll nightgown.
The irresistible henry house
5
The long, sleeveless pale-blue satiny dress she wore looked like a nightgown.
Black Deutschland
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But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife.
The Iliad
2
The old Squire never learned of Halstead's bootless experiment in forced feeding.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
3
Buddhism was an after-thought, only reached after six years of bootless asceticism.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
4
Mr. Thomas Marvel stood bootless and amazed, his jacket nearly thrown off.
The Invisible Man
5
Then came a sound as of bootless feet pressing the stairs stealthily!
The Freelands
Usage of futile in inglés
1
Therefore, hoping it will happen in the future is futile, he said.
Reuters
2
But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved futile.
The Irish Times
3
I once treated a young father who decided to stop futile chemotherapy.
The Guardian
4
Employers branded today's action futile and insisted no more money is available.
The Irish Times
5
I often think that my mission was futile from the very start.
And the rat laughed
6
I try to bring it off: futile, for there is no feeling.
Waiting for the Barbarians
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But it is futile to engage in the controversies of the past.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
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She recalled her futile attempt to save the rest of the animals.
Snow melts in spring
9
There were attempts to resolve the issue, but the efforts were futile.
Ebony
10
He knew it was likely futile, given the upper- and lower-case combinations.
The panic zone
11
Wuhan residents reported overcrowding in hospitals and futile attempts to seek treatment.
News.com.au
12
But the quest for this elusive state of normal is entirely futile.
News.com.au
13
The only thing more painful than disappointment was clinging to futile hope.
Darkness unleashed
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It was futile, incoherent; her tongue seemed to dry in her mouth.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
15
I used to try to have conversations with people but it's futile.
The Guardian
16
The rose continued to nod in the futile way peculiar to flowers.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
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