All 3 Uses of
futile
in
Main Street
- Her formulations were not pat solutions but visions of a tragic futility.†
Chpt 22 *
- The cloud of serene ignorance submerges them in unhappiness and futility.†
Chpt 22
- It was tediousness made tangible, a street builded of lassitude and of futility.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful