1 | adjective | producing no result or effect 2 | adjective | unproductive of success

fy'ootuhl (IPA: fjˈutəl)

fu-tile (6 letters | 2 syllables)

1555 (European Renaissance) (470 years ago)

Middle French | Latin

futiler | futilest

ineffectual | otiose | unavailing | bootless | fruitless | sleeveless | vain (total: 7)

brutal | butyl | tootle (based on typical American pronunciation)

cuticle | ductile | facile | fertile | futilely | future | Lucile | motile | nubile (total: 9)

(none among common words)

Spanish: | vano (attempt) | frustrado (attempt) | fracasado (attempt) | fallido (attempt) | inútil (attempt) | infructuoso (attempt) French: | vain (attempt) | manqué (attempt) | raté (attempt) | infructueux (attempt) | inefficace (attempt) | inutile (attempt) Portuguese: | vão (attempt) | fútil (attempt) | inútil (attempt) | mal-sucedido (attempt) | infrutífero (attempt) | abortado (attempt) | infeliz (attempt) German: | vergeblich (attempt) | erfolglos (attempt) | misslungen° (attempt) | fehlgeschlagen (attempt) | nutzlos (attempt) | fruchtlos (attempt) Japanese: | 徒 (adjectival nouns) | 無益 (adjectival nouns) | 空疎 (adjectival nouns) | 不コ本 (interjection) | 空しい (adjective) | 虚しい (adjective)

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Pointless | Vain (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

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