futile

it is futile to allocate blame for this.

He is a futile sort of person.

a fruitless search.See Synonyms at futile

barren efforts.See Synonyms at futile

an otiose belief in alchemy. See also Synonyms at futile

He panics easily and is useless in an emergency.See Synonyms at futile

the futile years after her artistic peak.

this futile process exasperates prison officers.

a futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage.

spent all their creative resources on futile projects.

They were killed, to the last man, in a futile attack.

"All his attempts to unlock the car were futile, because he was using the wrong key."