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unable to result in success or anything useful
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The search for survivors in the rubble became increasingly futile as time passed.
She felt that her efforts to change the company's policies were futile in the face of bureaucracy.
Their attempts to repair the old machinery proved futile, as it was beyond repair.
Fatalism can lead to a passive approach to life, as individuals may feel their efforts are futile against predetermined outcomes.
All nothing but futile attempts that went nowhere.