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{
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{
"word": "effectual"
},
{
"word": "effective"
},
{
"word": "fruitful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "worthwhile"
}
],
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"form": "more futile",
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"comparative"
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"ref": "2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile.",
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}
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"roman": "ʕaqīm",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "عَقِيم"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "իզուր"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ապարդյուն"
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"roman": "bjeskarýsny",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "бескары́сны"
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"roman": "darémny",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "дарэ́мны"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "безполе́зен"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "напра́зен"
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"roman": "bezuspéšen",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "безуспе́шен"
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"roman": "a.hkyany:hni:hpracse",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "အချည်းနှီးဖြစ်သေ"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fútil"
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "uduginudvna",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ᎤᏚᎩᏄᏛᎾ"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無用"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúyòng",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "无用"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "枉然"
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無益"
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"roman": "wúyì",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "jalový"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nytteløs"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nutteloos"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "tevergeefs"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "kasutu"
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{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "tulutu"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nyttuleysur"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "turha"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "tulokseton"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "toivoton"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of a promise",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "katteeton"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futile"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "puč̣i",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ფუჭი"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amao",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ამაო"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "sinnlos"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vergeblich"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "halks",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mátaios",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "μάταιος"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mátaios",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "μάταιος"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fazūl",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "फ़ज़ूल"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "akārath",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "अकारथ"
},
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vana"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futile"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"alt": "むよう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muyō",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無用"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"alt": "むだ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muda",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無駄"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"alt": "むえき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mueki",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無益"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "a’saa",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "អសារ"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futilis"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "cassus"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "sia-sia"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "mūhore"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "papakore"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "huakore"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "chʼééh"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nyttelaus"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nyttelaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "عبث"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "بی فایده"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "puč",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "پوچ"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "bezcelowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fútil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoléznyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tščétnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "тще́тный"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besplódnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "беспло́дный"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naprásnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "напра́сный"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "dìomhain"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "faoin"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "márny"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "zbytočný"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nepatrný"
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{
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "inútil"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vano"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "meningslös"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "lönlös"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fåfäng"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "เปล่าประโยชน์"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "beyhude"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "boş"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nafile"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nekorýsnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "некори́сний"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "darémnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "даре́мний"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vô dụng"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vô ích"
}
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"ref": "1905, George Santayana, Reason in Common Sense (The Life of Reason), volume 1",
"text": "This idiosyncrasy is brought out by social pressure, while in a state of nature it might have betrayed itself only in trivial and futile ways, as it does among barbarians.",
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}
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"Insignificant; frivolous."
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"insignificant"
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[
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"frivolous"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "futile"
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"word": "idle"
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"word": "bootless"
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"word": "effectual"
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{
"word": "effective"
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{
"word": "fruitful"
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{
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰew-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English undefined derivations",
"Rhymes:English/uːtəl",
"Rhymes:English/uːtəl/2 syllables"
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"name": "root"
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"3": "futile"
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"name": "uder"
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{
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"1": "en",
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"3": "fūtilis"
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"name": "uder"
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"forms": [
{
"form": "more futile",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most futile",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "futile (comparative more futile, superlative most futile)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "futilely"
},
{
"word": "futility"
},
{
"word": "futilitarian"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting."
],
"links": [
[
"Incapable",
"incapable"
],
[
"producing",
"produce"
],
[
"result",
"result"
],
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"doom",
"doom"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"successful",
"successful"
],
[
"worth",
"worth"
],
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1905, George Santayana, Reason in Common Sense (The Life of Reason), volume 1",
"text": "This idiosyncrasy is brought out by social pressure, while in a state of nature it might have betrayed itself only in trivial and futile ways, as it does among barbarians.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Insignificant; frivolous."
],
"links": [
[
"Insignificant",
"insignificant"
],
[
"frivolous",
"frivolous"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfjuː.taɪl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfju.taɪl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfju.taɪ.əl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfju.təl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "feudal (some US accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːtəl (US)"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-futile.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-futile.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "useless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "futile"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "pointless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "ineffectual"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "unavailing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "vain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "idle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "fruitless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:futile",
"word": "bootless"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaqīm",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "عَقِيم"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "izur",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "իզուր"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zur",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "զուր"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "apardyun",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ապարդյուն"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjeskarýsny",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "бескары́сны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "darémny",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "дарэ́мны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpolézen",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "безполе́зен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naprázen",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "напра́зен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezuspéšen",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "безуспе́шен"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.hkyany:hni:hpracse",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "အချည်းနှီးဖြစ်သေ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.la.ha.ssa.hpracsau:",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "အလဟဿဖြစ်သော"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fútil"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "uduginudvna",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ᎤᏚᎩᏄᏛᎾ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúyòng",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "无用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎngrán",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "枉然"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無益"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúyì",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "无益"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "jalový"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nutteloos"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "tevergeefs"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "kasutu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "tulutu"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nyttuleysur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "turha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "tulokseton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "toivoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of a promise",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "katteeton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futile"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fútil"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "puč̣i",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ფუჭი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amao",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "ამაო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "sinnlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vergeblich"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "halks",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mátaios",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "μάταιος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mátaios",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "μάταιος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fazūl",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "फ़ज़ूल"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "akārath",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "अकारथ"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vana"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futile"
},
{
"alt": "むよう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muyō",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無用"
},
{
"alt": "むだ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muda",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無駄"
},
{
"alt": "むえき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mueki",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "無益"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "a’saa",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "អសារ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futilis"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "cassus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "sia-sia"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "mūhore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "papakore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "huakore"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "chʼééh"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nytteløs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nyttelaus"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nyttelaus"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "futil"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "عبث"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "بی فایده"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "puč",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "پوچ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "daremny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "bezcelowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fútil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoléznyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tščétnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "тще́тный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besplódnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "беспло́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naprásnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "напра́сный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "dìomhain"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "faoin"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "márny"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "zbytočný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nepatrný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "inútil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "meningslös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "lönlös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "fåfäng"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "เปล่าประโยชน์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "beyhude"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "boş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "nafile"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nekorýsnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "некори́сний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "darémnyj",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "даре́мний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vô dụng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "incapable of producing results",
"word": "vô ích"
}
],
"word": "futile"
}
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