Both Uses of
futile
in
Frankenstein
- It was very different when the masters of the science sought immortality and power; such views, although futile, were grand; but now the scene was changed.†
Chpt 3 *
- Sometimes he thought that I felt deeply the degradation of being obliged to answer a charge of murder, and he endeavoured to prove to me the futility of pride.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful