FUTILE
(adj.) unproductive of success
"a fruitless search", "futile years after her artistic peak", "a sleeveless errand", "a vain attempt"
synonyms : bootless , fruitless , sleeveless , vain(adj.) producing no result or effect
"a futile effort", "the therapy was ineffectual", "an otiose undertaking", "an unavailing attempt"
synonyms : ineffectual , otiose , unavailing
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Mnemonics for futile
(Tag: ) futile is not fertile.. hence not fruitful
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(Tag: ) futile sounds like foot oil ..spending 1000$ on foot oil is WASTE..and UNPRODUCTIVE bcoz even then hair will not grow on your foot ..haha seems funny but works..
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(Tag: ) futile is opposite of fruition
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(Tag: ) futile sounds like few tall.....The town only has few tall tress left- what a Hopeless(without effect or futile) city for the young generation to live.
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(Tag: ) futile = consider fute as the past tense of fuse; i.e fuse has been blown up; completely fail.
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(Tag: engish) futile -due to the miscarriage the fetus was dead which can be said it was unproductive and unsuccessful
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(Tag: ) FrUit fell on the TILE(floor tiles)....so it became fruitless...or ineffective
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(Tag: ) few tile :why? because the kiln is ineffective to produce the desire result,it is useless and ineffective
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