futileadj.

/ˈfjuːtʌɪl/

/ˈfjuːtɪl/

Etymology: < French futile or < Latin fūtilis (more correctly futtilis) that easily pours out, leaky, hence untrustworthy, vain, useless, usually supposed to be < fud- stem of fundĕre to pour out.

1. Incapable of producing any result; failing utterly of the desired end through intrinsic defect; useless, ineffectual, vain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]

idlec825

unnuteOE

bricklec1225

tooma1250

unnaita1250

vaina1300

waste1303

overvoida1382

voida1382

superfluec1384

daylessa1387

unbehovely1390

unprofitablea1398

unbehoveful1429

wastefulc1450

idleful1483

fruster1488

vainful1509

frustrate?a1513

superfluousa1533

addle1534

lost1535

fittle1552

futilea1575

nugatory1605

futilous1607

shiftless1613

tympanous1625

emptya1628

frustraneousa1643

pointless1673

futilitous1765

otiose1795

stultificatory1931

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 252 How weak and futile it is..we have already shown.

c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies ix. 31 Disdaining riches as the futile weeds.

1758 S. Johnson Idler No. 13. ⁋8 Half the rooms are adorned with a kind of futile tapestry.

1792 E. Burke Consideration Present State Affairs in Wks. (1826) VII. 113 Render it as futile in its effects, as it is feeble in its principle.

1802 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 12 All complaint is futile which is not followed up by appropriate remedies.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xviii. 29 These struggles with the natural character..may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end they do good.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 108 An inference which Protagoras evades by drawing a futile distinction between the courageous and the confident.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) Pref. 13 This is indeed an appeal which is made by every futile dreamer.

2. Occupied with things of no value or importance, addicted to trifling, lacking in purpose. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > purposeless

sleeveless1551

futilous1607

futile1749

time-killing1754

futilitous1765

futilitarian1873

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > devoted to futility

fiddling1660

futile1749

futilitarian1873

1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 112 These judgments and reasoning may be expected in an age as futile and as corrupt as ours.

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1717 The polite conversation of the men and women of fashion at Paris, though not always very deep, is much less futile and frivolous than ours here.

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 20 June (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1756 Frivolous, futile people.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 465 Davy is futile.

†3. Unable to hold one's tongue, addicted to talking, loquacious. Obsolete. [ < the etymological sense, ‘leaky’.] Cf. futility n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 64 One futile person, that maketh it his glory to tell, will do more hurt, then manie that know it their dutie to conceale.

1625 F. Bacon Simulation (Arb.) 508 Talkers and Futile Persons.

4. quasi-n. A futile person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > person

unprofitablea1382

futile1892

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > purposeless

futilitarian1827

futile1892

1892 T. Duncan Canaanitish Woman x. 130 After all, why should he remain for ever among the futiles?

Derivatives

ˈfutilely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb]

idlyc825

vainly1382

voidly1402

waste1418

meanly?c1430

toomly1606

impertinently1631

insignificantly1651

objectlessly1860

futilely1881

1881 Harper's Mag. Aug. 353 Regnault met his death, futilely in almost the last engagement of the war.

1888 M. W. Hungerford Hon. Mrs. Vereker I. xvii. 232 The Chinese lanterns that so liberally, but so futilely, sought to light the pleasure grounds.

ˈfutileness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering

chaveling?c1225

janglingc1330

jangleryc1374

tatteringc1380

ganglinga1387

clatteringc1400

babbling?c1430

languetingc1450

pratinga1470

cackling1530

prattling1530

tattling1547

gaggling1548

clicketing1575

twattling1577

clacking1594

gabbling1599

blattering1604

snuttering1693

futileness1727

rattling1753

gabbering1798

magginga1800

yaffing1815

deblateration1817

tattlement1837

nattering1859

spieling1859

yattering1859

chatteration1862

quiddling1870

windjamming1886

waffling1958

motormouthing1981

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun]

vanityc1325

overvoidnessa1382

unnaitnessa1400

unnaitshipa1400

unprofitablenessc1400

voidnessa1425

vainness1567

futility1623

emptiness1632

idlenessa1650

insignificancy1720

futileness1727

pointlessness1845

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness

nugationc1450

nugacity1593

fiddling1622

frivolousnessa1631

nugality1676

futility1692

futileness1727

flippancy1746

frivolity1796

nugatoriness1853

frippery1855

fiddle1874

fribble1881

frivolling1882

fribblery1889

trifledom1903

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Futileness, Futility, Blabbing, Silliness, Lightness, Vanity.

1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 80 Being without arms, and in an unknown country, my inconsequence and futileness lay heavy on my spirit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	futile
释义	futileadj. /ˈfjuːtʌɪl//ˈfjuːtɪl/ Etymology: < French futile or < Latin fūtilis (more correctly futtilis) that easily pours out, leaky, hence untrustworthy, vain, useless, usually supposed to be < fud- stem of fundĕre to pour out. 1. Incapable of producing any result; failing utterly of the desired end through intrinsic defect; useless, ineffectual, vain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] idlec825 unnuteOE bricklec1225 tooma1250 unnaita1250 vaina1300 waste1303 overvoida1382 voida1382 superfluec1384 daylessa1387 unbehovely1390 unprofitablea1398 unbehoveful1429 wastefulc1450 idleful1483 fruster1488 vainful1509 frustrate?a1513 superfluousa1533 addle1534 lost1535 fittle1552 futilea1575 nugatory1605 futilous1607 shiftless1613 tympanous1625 emptya1628 frustraneousa1643 pointless1673 futilitous1765 otiose1795 stultificatory1931 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 252 How weak and futile it is..we have already shown. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies ix. 31 Disdaining riches as the futile weeds. 1758 S. Johnson Idler No. 13. ⁋8 Half the rooms are adorned with a kind of futile tapestry. 1792 E. Burke Consideration Present State Affairs in Wks. (1826) VII. 113 Render it as futile in its effects, as it is feeble in its principle. 1802 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 12 All complaint is futile which is not followed up by appropriate remedies. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xviii. 29 These struggles with the natural character..may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end they do good. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 108 An inference which Protagoras evades by drawing a futile distinction between the courageous and the confident. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) Pref. 13 This is indeed an appeal which is made by every futile dreamer. 2. Occupied with things of no value or importance, addicted to trifling, lacking in purpose. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > purposeless sleeveless1551 futilous1607 futile1749 time-killing1754 futilitous1765 futilitarian1873 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > devoted to futility fiddling1660 futile1749 futilitarian1873 1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 112 These judgments and reasoning may be expected in an age as futile and as corrupt as ours. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1717 The polite conversation of the men and women of fashion at Paris, though not always very deep, is much less futile and frivolous than ours here. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 20 June (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1756 Frivolous, futile people. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 465 Davy is futile. †3. Unable to hold one's tongue, addicted to talking, loquacious. Obsolete. [ < the etymological sense, ‘leaky’.] Cf. futility n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 64 One futile person, that maketh it his glory to tell, will do more hurt, then manie that know it their dutie to conceale. 1625 F. Bacon Simulation (Arb.) 508 Talkers and Futile Persons. 4. quasi-n. A futile person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > person unprofitablea1382 futile1892 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > purposeless futilitarian1827 futile1892 1892 T. Duncan Canaanitish Woman x. 130 After all, why should he remain for ever among the futiles? Derivatives ˈfutilely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] idlyc825 vainly1382 voidly1402 waste1418 meanly?c1430 toomly1606 impertinently1631 insignificantly1651 objectlessly1860 futilely1881 1881 Harper's Mag. Aug. 353 Regnault met his death, futilely in almost the last engagement of the war. 1888 M. W. Hungerford Hon. Mrs. Vereker I. xvii. 232 The Chinese lanterns that so liberally, but so futilely, sought to light the pleasure grounds. ˈfutileness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering chaveling?c1225 janglingc1330 jangleryc1374 tatteringc1380 ganglinga1387 clatteringc1400 babbling?c1430 languetingc1450 pratinga1470 cackling1530 prattling1530 tattling1547 gaggling1548 clicketing1575 twattling1577 clacking1594 gabbling1599 blattering1604 snuttering1693 futileness1727 rattling1753 gabbering1798 magginga1800 yaffing1815 deblateration1817 tattlement1837 nattering1859 spieling1859 yattering1859 chatteration1862 quiddling1870 windjamming1886 waffling1958 motormouthing1981 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] vanityc1325 overvoidnessa1382 unnaitnessa1400 unnaitshipa1400 unprofitablenessc1400 voidnessa1425 vainness1567 futility1623 emptiness1632 idlenessa1650 insignificancy1720 futileness1727 pointlessness1845 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness nugationc1450 nugacity1593 fiddling1622 frivolousnessa1631 nugality1676 futility1692 futileness1727 flippancy1746 frivolity1796 nugatoriness1853 frippery1855 fiddle1874 fribble1881 frivolling1882 fribblery1889 trifledom1903 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Futileness, Futility, Blabbing, Silliness, Lightness, Vanity. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 80 Being without arms, and in an unknown country, my inconsequence and futileness lay heavy on my spirit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.a1575
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