Both Uses of "futile" in "The Wide Window"

This page requries JavaScript to properly display __mrg_textTypeLowercase__ usage with contextual definitions__mrg_optionalAndPageNumbers__. A link to exemplary word usage that is optimized for vocabulary development is also provided.

Both Uses

futile
in
The Wide Window
(Auto-generated)

Violet tried one more time, knowing it would probably be futile, a word which here means "filled with futility."†
p. 44.3
Violet tried one more time, knowing it would probably be futile, a word which here means "filled with futility."†
p. 44.3 *

futility = pointlessness (uselessness)

Click For
Best Example Sentences
From Other Sources

Definitions:

(1) (futile)
effort that is pointless because it is unproductive or unsuccessful
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)