All 3 Uses of
futile
in
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- And then on that green balcony a strange warfare would shake the hideous old lady, a singularly futile struggle against a temptation to which she would never have the opportunity of succumbing.†
Chpt 2
- Even speech was for them a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry which is a debased form of speech.†
Chpt 3
- ...as she gazed into the mirror and recognized the futility of her attempt she...
Chpt 4 *futility = pointlessness (because her effort would not succeed)
Definition:
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(futile) effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful