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futilest

futilest is the superlative form of futile.

Meaning of futile

Adjective

futile (comparative more futile, superlative most futile)

  1. Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
    • But Bathsheba, though she could feel, was not much given to futile dreaming, and her musings under this head were short and entirely confined to the times when Troy’s neglect was more than ordinarily evident.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC
  2. Insignificant; frivolous.
    • Of its history little is recorded, and that little futile.1853, John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice, volume II (The Sea-Stories), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 120

Questions about futilest

What is futilest the superlative form of?
Futilest is the superlative form of futile.

Words near futilest in the dictionary

  1. Futian
  2. futibatinib
  3. futile
  4. futilely
  5. futileness
  6. futilest
  7. futilism
  8. futilitarian
  9. futilitarianism
  10. futilitarians
  11. futilities

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