All 3 Uses of
futile
in
Uncle Vanya
- Now I suddenly find myself plunged in this wilderness, condemned to see the same stupid people from morning till night and listen to their futile conversation.†
Act 2 *
- [She gets up] As for me, I am a worthless, futile woman.†
Act 2
- I have always been futile; in music, in love, in my husband's houseāin a word, in everything.†
Act 2
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful