Both Uses of
futile
in
Babbitt
- Babbitt drove on slowly, oppressed by futility.†
Chpt 15
- It was coming to him that perhaps all life as he knew it and vigorously practised it was futile;
Chpt 23 *futile = pointless effort
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful