How do you pronounce futile?

futile is pronounced as /ˈfjuː.taɪl/.

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futile

🚫futile (fiútail)

adjective

/ˈfjuː.taɪl/

inútil (inutil)

fusty future

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Meaning

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

Traducción del significado

Incapaz de producir cualquier resultado útil; sin sentido.

Oraciones de ejemplo

All their efforts to save the old tree were futile.

Todos sus esfuerzos para salvar el árbol viejo fueron inútiles.

His attempts to change the situation were futile.

Sus intentos de cambiar la situación fueron inútiles.

Expresiones de ejemplo

futile attempt

intento inútil

Synonyms

pointless, useless, ineffective, vain, fruitless

Entrada 1

pointless, useless, ineffective, vain, fruitless

Entrada 2

useless, ineffective

Antonyms

effective, useful, successful, worthwhile

Entrada 1

effective, useful, successful

Entrada 2

effective, worthwhile

Colocaciones

futile attempt, futile effort, futile hope, seem futile

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done with speed and efficiency

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deserved, appropriate, and fitting (especially punishment)

Doleful (triste; lamentoso;)

sorrowful; mournful; expressing grief or sadness

fatal (fatal)

causing death; leading to disaster

single (único)

only one; not one of several

Undesirable (indeseable; perjudicial; desagradable)

not wanted or wished for; harmful or unpleasant

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