futile

  • (s) producing no result or effect
    • a futile effort
    • the therapy was ineffectual
    • an otiose undertaking
    • an unavailing attempt
    unavailing, ineffectual, otiose,
  • (s) unproductive of success
    • a fruitless search
    • futile years after her artistic peak
    • a sleeveless errand
    • a vain attempt
    bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain,

Synonyms

unavailing ineffectual otiose bootless fruitless sleeveless vain

Words of close approximity

futilely