All 3 Uses of
futile
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- Her formulations were not pat solutions but visions of a tragic futility.†
Chpt 22 *futility = pointlessness (uselessness)
- 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:
effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful