Both Uses of
futile
in
Siddhartha
- Futile were also the merchant's attempts, to convince Siddhartha that he should eat his bread.†
Chpt 6 *
- What they had never talked about, he now told him of, of his walk to the city, at that time, of the burning wound, of his envy at the sight of happy fathers, of his knowledge of the foolishness of such wishes, of his futile fight against them.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful