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Definition
effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful
- I take one futile step in her direction when I hear the cannon blast, know her heart has stopped, that she is dead.Chapter 21 (31% in)
futile = effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful
- I keep hoping that as time passes we'll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it's futile.Chapter 1 (20% in)
- But after another hour or so of this I realize it's futile.Chapter 20 (35% in)
There are no more uses of "futile" in Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire).
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