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Futile

/fjˈutəl/
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(adj) Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.

It isn't futile to go to university.
Your efforts are futile.
CEFR Practice Quiz
All their efforts to restart the old engine proved to be ____, and they eventually gave up.

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