Definition as Adjective

• unproductive of success
• producing no result or effect

• bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain

• ineffectual, otiose, unavailing, meaningless

• "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

• "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"

• Futile vs bootless
• Futile vs fruitless
• Futile vs sleeveless
• Futile vs vain
• Futile vs ineffectual
• Futile vs otiose
• Futile vs unavailing
• Futile vs meaningless