FUTILEST

Adjective

futilest

superlative form of futile: most futile

Anagrams

• flutiest

Source: Wiktionary


FUTILE

Fu"tile, a. Etym: [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.] Talkers and futile persons. Bacon.

2. Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless. "Futile theories." I. Taylor. His reasoning . . . was singularly futile. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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