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11FUTILE — Lutatio ad Stat. Theb. l. 7. v. 297. vas fuit lato ove, quo utebantur in sacris Deae Vestae; quia aqua ad sacra Vestae in terra non ponitur, quod si fiat, piaculumest, ideo excogitatum est vas, quod stare non posset, sed si positum statim… …
12futile — [adj] hopeless, pointless abortive, barren, bootless, delusive, empty, exhausted, forlorn, fruitless, hollow, idle, impracticable, impractical, ineffective, ineffectual, insufficient, in vain, no dice*, nugatory, on a treadmill*, otiose, out the… …
13futile — adj. futile to + inf. (it s futile to speculate about what might have been = it s futile speculating about what might have been) * * * [ fjuːtaɪl] futile to + inf. (it s futile to, speculate about what might have been = it s futile speculating… …
14futile — fu|tile [ˈfju:taıl US tl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: futilis that pours out easily, useless ] actions that are futile are useless because they have no chance of being successful = ↑pointless a futile attempt/effort ▪ a futile attempt… …
15Futile (EP) — Infobox Album Name = Futile Type = ep Longtype = Artist = Porcupine Tree Released = 2003 Recorded = 2002 Genre = Progressive rock Length = Label = Lava/Atlantic Producer = Reviews = Last album = Lava Records Pre Cleared Songs for Film Vol. 1 2003 …
16futile — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin futilis brittle, pointless, probably from fu (akin to fundere to pour) more at found Date: circa 1555 1. serving no useful purpose ; completely ineffective < efforts to… …
17futile — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ consider sth, describe sth as ▪ The president described these activities as futile. ADVERB …
18futile — fù·ti·le agg. CO di scarsa importanza, banale: argomento futile, discorso futile, una discussione per futili motivi Sinonimi: banale, fatuo, frivolo, superficiale, vacuo. Contrari: importante, serio. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1459. ETIMO: dal… …
19futile — adjective actions that are futile are useless because they have no chance of being successful: a futile attempt to save the paintings from the flames | be futile to do sth: It was futile to continue the negotiations. futility /fju: tIliti/ noun… …
20FUTILE — adj. des deux genres Frivole, qui est de peu de conséquence, de peu de considération. Raisons futiles. Argument futile. Discours futiles. Un talent futile. Des écrits futiles. On le dit quelquefois Des personnes. C est un homme futile. De vains… …
