Both Uses of
futile
in
Message in a Bottle by Sparks
- His lungs burned, but he kept on going, racing a sense of futility.†
Chpt 12
- Halfway there, the ocean reached his neck and the futility of the situation finally hit him.
Chpt 13 *futility = pointlessness (uselessness)
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful