vain+fruitless
41Of none effect — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …
42To give effect to — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …
43To no effect — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …
44To take effect — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …
45Without effect — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …
46wasted — adjective 1) a wasted effort Syn: squandered, misspent, misdirected, misused, dissipated; pointless, useless, needless, unnecessary; vain, fruitless 2) a wasted opportunity Syn: miss …
47expedient — adj Expedient, politic, advisable are comparable when they are used to imply a choice (as of course, action, or method) and to mean dictated by practical wisdom or by motives of prudence. Something is expedient from which definite and usually… …
48forlorn — 1 lorn, lone, desolate, lonesome, lonely, *alone, solitary Analogous words: separated, parted, divorced, severed, sundered (see SEPARATE vb): forsaken, deserted, abandoned (see ABANDON vb): wretched, *miserable: depressed, weighed down, oppressed …
49inefficacious — ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient Analogous words: inactive, inert, idle: *futile, vain, fruitless, bootless, abortive: *powerless, impotent Antonyms: efficacious Contrasted words: *powerful, potent, forcible, forceful: cogent, telling,… …
50trivial — *trifling, *petty, puny, paltry, measly, picayunish, picayune Analogous words: *small, little, diminutive: *futile, vain, fruitless, bootless: slight, slim, slender, *thin, tenuous Antonyms: weighty: momentous …
