Both Uses
futile
in
1984, by Orwell
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- He sat as still as a mouse, in the futile hope that whoever it was might go away after a single attempt.†
p. 19.9 *
- Winston whined and grizzled, made futile demands for food, fretted about the room pulling everything out of place and kicking the wainscoting until the neighbors banged on the wall, while the younger child wailed intermittently.†
p. 295.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)