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futilely
adverb
uk /ˈfjuː.taɪl.li/ us /ˈfjuː.t̬əl.i/
in a way that has no effect or achieves nothing:
I was walking home after a long day of futilely searching for a job.
The police tried futilely for two years to get the criminals prosecuted.
Paramedics worked frantically, and futilely, to save him.
Hundreds of patients were futilely attempting to get help.
He would awake in a panic, and struggle futilely to get back to sleep.
I knelt among the broken pieces, futilely trying to sweep them back together with my arms.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useless and futile
adrift
aimless
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aimlessness
airy-fairy
fruitless
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futility
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no goodidiom
non-viable
nugatory
ornamental
unrealistic
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unseriousness
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unviability
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