Word "FUTILE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
unproductive of success
Synonyms:
bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain
Examples:
futile years after her artistic peak

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
producing no result or effect
Synonyms:
ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing
Examples:
a futile effort

Crossword Clues for FUTILE

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Clue Source Date
Pointless, to no effect (6)
Pointless dossier about posh agent, ultimately (6) The Guardian Quiptic 22 Jun 2025
Pointless, mostly fun part of Scrabble (6)
Not many use tiles. They say it's a waste of time (6)
Useless, if the fuel is wrong, filling it up (6)
Reportedly hardly any slate, so pointless (6)
Utterly hopeless New York Times Mini 25 Jan 2025
Useless, ineffectual (6)
Ineffectual; pointless (6)
It's useless if lute gets broken (6)
How I left you proved to be ineffectual finally (6)
Fruitless USA Today 14 Sep 2024
Useless note in dossier (6)
In vain, some label it "UFO" when seen heading skywards (6)
Pointless Mirror Tea Time 18 Jul 2024
Pointless, vain The Times Concise 04 Jul 2024
Without purpose (6) Puzzler 04 Jun 2024
Useless Puzzler Backwords 28 May 2024
To blend it into the fuel mixture is useless
Ineffectual flute I play (6)
I play around with a flute - it's pointless (6)
A waste of time Thomas Joseph 20 Apr 2024
Lute if played wrong, can be useless (6)
You take a lift in the East but it proves to be ineffectual
Ineffective, useless (6)
Unsuccessful, pointless (6)
Hardly any slate, we hear, so pointless (6) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Mar 2024
Useless, in vain (6)
Mixing it into the wrong fuel is useless!
"Resistance is ___!" USA Today 09 Dec 2023
It's ineffectual when you and I get left out
Vain, abortive (6)
Pointless Wall Street Journal 19 Aug 2023
Pointless Universal 13 Feb 2023
Pointless empty unit in document holder The Times Cryptic 24 Aug 2022
In vain The Guardian Speedy 15 May 2022
Dossier about ULFA Terrorist leaders is empty
Ineffectual, in vain Irish Times Simplex 13 Sep 2021
Frame from feature film is absolutely useless Irish Times Crosaire 07 Apr 2021
Damage one flute that is useless
Useless dossier -- just regularly missing inside The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jan 2021
Totally ineffective The Washington Post Sunday 10 Jan 2021
Destined to fail Universal 08 Dec 2020
Useless record about Utah Irish Times Crosaire 15 Sep 2020
No good The Washington Post 18 Oct 2019
No good LA Times Daily 18 Oct 2019
Useless The Telegraph Quick 08 Aug 2019
Pointless fellow with posh hat
Fruitless The Telegraph Quick 13 Feb 2019
Pointless Universal 13 Jan 2019
Pointless
No good
Doomed to fail USA Today 10 Aug 2018
Ineffectual, in vain Irish Times Simplex 03 Aug 2018
Pointless The Times Concise 27 Jun 2018
Effectless The Times Concise 10 Jun 2018
Ineffective Thomas Joseph 05 May 2018
Pointless The Telegraph Quick 09 Mar 2018
Pointless New York Times 18 Feb 2018
Vain Eugene Sheffer 12 Feb 2018
Pointless
Doomed to fail
Not worth doing Universal 22 Aug 2017
To no avail Newsday 21 Jun 2017
Pointless Wall Street Journal 27 Mar 2017
Hopeless New York Times 13 Mar 2017
Hopeless
Not worth doing
Useless loud youth centre with very little floor space Irish Times Crosaire 29 Nov 2016
It's useless turning it into a form of fuel
Pointless, as an effort Universal 04 Oct 2016
Not effective LA Times Daily 03 Jul 2016
Useless, pointless Irish Times Simplex 25 Jan 2016
Pointless, as an effort
Not effective
To no purpose New York Times 24 Jun 2015
Not worth doing Newsday 02 Feb 2015
Not worth doing
To no purpose
Absolutely useless
Otiose and deceitful – take a month off and regroup
Not worth doing
Pointless
Useless
Useless
Vain
Useless
In vain
To no avail
Completely ineffective
Vain
Serving no good purpose
In vain
Ineffective
Without effect.
Vain.
Trifling.
Fruitless.
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