[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

futile \fu"tile\ ?; 277, a. l. futilis that easily pours out,
   that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of
   fundere to pour out: cf. f. futile. see fuse, v. t.
   1. talkative; loquacious; tattling. obs.
      1913 webster

            talkers and futile persons.           --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. of no importance; having no useful purpose; useless; vain;
      worthless; pointless. "futile theories." --i. taylor.
      1913 webster

            his reasoning . . . was singularly futile.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
fuse 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

futile
     adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
            therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
            unavailing attempt" syn: ineffectual, otiose, unavailing
     2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
        after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
        attempt" syn: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain
see also:
ineffectual otiose unavailing bootless fruitless sleeveless 
vain 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

147 moby thesaurus words for "futile":
   abortive, absurd, airy, apish, asinine, bad, barren, batty,
   befooled, beguiled, besotted, bootless, brainless, buffoonish,
   catchpenny, cockeyed, counterproductive, crazy, credulous, daffy,
   daft, dazed, dizzy, doomed, doting, dumb, effete, empty, etiolated,
   failed, failing, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, flaky, flimsy, fond,
   fool, foolheaded, foolish, foredoomed, fribble, fribbling,
   frivolous, frothy, fruitless, fuddled, gaga, goofy, gulled, hollow,
   idiotic, idle, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-timed,
   imbecile, impolitic, impotent, improper, in vain, inadequate,
   inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, ineffective,
   ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inexpedient,
   infatuated, infelicitous, inoperative, inopportune, insane,
   insufficient, invalid, kooky, lame, light, loony, mad,
   mal a propos, malapropos, manque, maudlin, miscarried, miscarrying,
   moronic, nugacious, nugatory, nutty, of no effect, of no force,
   otiose, out of place, profitless, sappy, screwy, senseless,
   sentimental, shallow, silly, slender, slight, sterile, stickit,
   stillborn, stupid, successless, superficial, thoughtless, trifling,
   trite, trivial, unavailable, unavailing, unbefitting, undesirable,
   unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unmeet, unproductive,
   unprofitable, unsatisfactory, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuccessful,
   unsuitable, untimely, unwise, useless, vacuous, vain, vapid, wacky,
   wet, windy, witless, worthless, wrong

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