English-Thai Dictionary

futile

ADJ ไร้ประโยชน์  in vain rai-pra-yod

 

futilely

ADV อย่าง ไม่ เอาจริงเอาจัง  อย่าง ไม่สำคัญ  อย่าง ไร้ประโยชน์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUTILE

a.[L. futilis, from futio, to pour out; effutio, to prate or babble; Heb. to utter rashly or foolishly. ] 1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
2. Trifling; of no weight or importance; answering no valuable purpose; worthless.
3. Of no effect.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FUTILE

Fu "tile, a. Etym: [L. futilis that easily pours out, that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of fundere to pour out: cf. F. futile. See Fuse, v. t.]

 

1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs. ] Talkers and futile persons. Bacon.

 

2. Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless. "Futile theories." I. Taylor. His reasoning. .. was singularly futile. Macaulay.

 

FUTILELY

FUTILELY Fu "tile *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a futile manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

futile

fu tile |ˈfyo͞otl, -ˌtil ˈfjudl | ▶adjective incapable of producing any useful result; pointless: a futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage. DERIVATIVES fu tile ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin futilis ‘leaky, futile, ’ apparently from fundere ‘pour. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

futile

fu ¦tile |ˈfjuːtʌɪl | ▶adjective incapable of producing any useful result; pointless: a futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage | it is futile to allocate blame for this. DERIVATIVES futilely adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin futilis ‘leaky, futile ’, apparently from fundere ‘pour ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

futile

futile adjective they piled on thousands of sandbags in a futile attempt to hold back the river: fruitless, vain, pointless, useless, ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious, to no effect, of no use, in vain, to no avail, unavailing; unsuccessful, failed, thwarted; unproductive, barren, unprofitable, abortive; impotent, hollow, empty, forlorn, idle, hopeless; archaic bootless. ANTONYMS useful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

futile

futile adjective I wore my cape in a futile attempt to keep dry: fruitless, vain, pointless; useless, worthless, ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious, to no effect, of no use, in vain, to no avail, unavailing; unsuccessful, failed, thwarted; unproductive, barren, unprofitable, abortive; impotent, hollow, empty, forlorn, idle, sterile, nugatory, valueless; hopeless, doomed, lost; Austral. /NZ informal no good to gundy; archaic bootless. ANTONYMS useful; fruitful. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD futile, fruitless, vain, pointless These words all describe unsuccessful undertakings, but some refer to the prospects of success, some to the outcome, and some can refer to either. ■ A futile undertaking has no chance of success, which may or may not be recognized by the person embarking on it (it would be futile to argue | the Bank of England threw away £10 billion in a futile attempt to prop up sterling ). ■ Fruitless is most commonly used to describe an undertaking that turns out unsuccessfully (an aerial search of the area proved fruitless, and the men were presumed dead | talks collapsed after months of fruitless negotiation ). ■ Vain is a more literary word, which can refer either to the prospects of success (I pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to shut out the ugly visions ) or the result, usually in the phrase in vain (after I had waited in vain for six months, I lost hope ). ■ Pointless describes something that serves no useful purpose (pointless committee meetings ), so is used to convey the lack of any prospect of success, which should be obvious to the person contemplating the action (I knew it would be pointless expecting him to change his mind ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

French Dictionary

futile

futile adj. adjectif Peu important, vide. : Des préoccupations futiles. SYNONYME creux ; insignifiant ; superficiel ; vain .

 

futilement

futilement adv. adverbe De façon futile. Prononciation Le e central ne se prononce pas, [fytilmɑ̃ ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

futile

fu tile /fjúːt (ə )l |-taɪl /形容詞 1 〈行為が 〉無益な, むだな (useless ), 効果のない (vain )▸ make a futile attempt [effort ]むだな企て [努力 ]をする 2 〈人が 〉取るに足らない, つまらない, 無能の, 軽薄な ; 〈事が 〉無意味な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞