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ineffective, unproductive, or futile
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The plea, "I have no time," is an utterly futile one, and indicates simply lack of interest
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when words and gestures like his own proved futile, the Barcs finally turned on
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“Can I have a cigarette?” I asked, surprised by my sudden boldness, but I was desperate to finish my first meal in days with that final token that would mean release from my futile fasting and a passage to one short moment in heaven
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I knew my actions would be futile, would probably make things worse for all of us, but I did not care
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If you are walking on ice, it means that you risk a lot by chasing futile pleasures
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When the courts and the assemblies failed them, when words and gestures like his own proved futile, the Barcs finally turned on friend and foe alike
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Trying to chase it beyond there was futile, it required knowledge of theoretical physics that he just didn’t have
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My mother knew it was futile arguing with me
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His knowledge of that fact is what made him feel so futile at times
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fought with Roman, even though it was futile
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He really didn’t find anything worthy of a squawk-up in any of the notes, but then he knew how fundamentally futile this was
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’ He knew it was a futile alternative, and one that
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The woman kicked and screamed, but her effort was futile
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As I said, it seemed a futile act by a
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Tom tried to resist but it was futile
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’ It had been a desperate, futile suggestion on
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Even the efforts of the mages were futile
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Glenelle was right, resistance was futile now
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? Was that all it ever really was? And the struggle for life and order had always and forever been just a futile endeavor
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Jakkar had a choice, continue to dump power into S’ilindsa to prolong her futile attack, or send his power to aid the Chosen
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” I covered my face with my palms, as though hiding my embarrassment, but I knew it was futile
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Though they’d failed to bring us meat, their mission wasn’t futile
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I push and kicked, though it was futile
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Asmodeus laughed as I made a futile attempt to escape, but only he knew the way out
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Zarko knew that arguing with Helez would be futile
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Earlier, we looked at Sisyphus, doomed to a futile existence of pushing a boulder up a mountain
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Amongst the Lascorii, that was a most futile exercise
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Isin chuckled, “I hope I get to see the Hus-a-goof's face when he gets to the end of his quest and realizes that he actually had the treasure in his hands but that it is his nemesis who is the embodiment of that treasure---that all his efforts were as futile as
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’ His words seemed futile in this instance
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It is unnecessary, I imagine, to observe how contrary such regulations are to the boasted liberty of the subject, of which we affect to be so very jealous ; but which, in this case, is so plainly sacrificed to the futile interests of our merchants and manufacturers
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’ Clearly that security guard thought he would just give up, realising this was a futile situation
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And even if they had escaped it seemed a futile act of survival
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He had to escape, but only after a last futile act of sending a distress beacon, in the remotest chance that he could be wrong in his assumptions
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Raiya got up from her chair, her heart thumping, adrenalin coursing – doubtless in futile preparation
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” she struggled to get free of her two captors but quickly realised it was futile
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I strongly suspect you are planning to fight on but I’m sure you can see that this is futile and will only result in a great number of your crew and some of my crews dying pointlessly
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But the computer was never going to tell him the situation was futile, that was not within its remit
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‘Any resistance will be futile
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He wanted to end this futile conversation
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It was futile
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Discovering the processes by which the Creator placed the water layer above the atmosphere in the first place or how a water layer ended up between rock-layers beneath the earth may be a futile exercise
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How could she stop this? Did she have to fight those three on her own? That would be futile, even with her Battle Angels to protect her
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Futile physiological responses, but something else was pulling at him
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Apparently he had seen how futile it was, though
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“Your attempts are futile, Adem Highlander,” the red-haired Alit’aren said
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This continually proved to be a futile effort; the system would always detect some minor flaw in the replicated memory
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In such a futile situation, the realisation dawned that his priorities had been askew
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It had seemed like a futile hope, and yet behind the melted walls he found himself on a hilltop surrounded by a landscape he didn't recognise
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Amaranthe, though she feared the effort futile, held her arms up, palms out
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She lifted a foot, ready to kick at it, knowing it would prove futile
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Several houses were demolished; but with such precedents as Sebastopol, Strasburg, and Paris, it was easy to realise that Shafter's threat to knock Santiago to pieces with his puny field-guns was futile; even aided by a powerful navy, it might take a prolonged action to force surrender
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"Toss it away on some search that will prove to be utterly futile?" The old badger's voice was laced with the hard edge of anger
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When he finally stopped, Thomas knew he had lost him, and it was futile to continue further
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I sat quietly fuming, knowing from experience that protest would be futile
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Moving from one to another in a futile chase for the easy jackpot, her stack of chips ebbed and flowed, eventually ebbing completely as she slipped her last into a slot
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He mimed both her attack and Jesus’ futile self-defense until they were both rollicking
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that the future is futile
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Running was futile; she would have to stand and face the great beast
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After ten minutes of waiting, he reluctantly gave up and patrolled the streets of Limon in a search that proved futile
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The whole process had taken less than it would take a man to draw his sword in a misunderstood attempt at would probably have been futile defense
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However naive and futile it may have seemed, he dearly wished to kill him
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When Colling entered the office after completing sick call on the third day of his futile attempts to reach Quarles, Prinzman asked, “Colling, how many times you figure you’re going to try and reach this guy?”
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“He comes he comes” I screamed at her, clawing at her face, futile, my arms obeyed themselves and not me, I threw limp and useless hands against the horror
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It appears futile to obey you
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By the fifteenth year, we and our neighbours realised our efforts to stop the trend were futile
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the seductive sculptural body and another 37 years of a futile
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- A true love without futile interests, a love that knows no bounds
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Banging on the wall in a futile
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futile onslaught, the flames retreating at last to its gaping mouth
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futile water tower at its centre
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Yet it was futile, too dangerous
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They watched several more futile attempts, the helicopters fighting to hit their
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“You made a brave, but futile defense of this river,” I said to him
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These events follow from what some bioethecists call a Futile Care Theory
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I panted in fear and despair, wringing my hair of my body’s natural water as I picked it up in a ponytail position in a futile attempt to cool the back of my neck
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The truth is I would never have hurt our maids, I was one of them once, but I was hoping to scare them, futile in retrospect seeing as I could have done them no more harm than the wrath of my father
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To look for it on the mental level is futile
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invention and no one had ever seen one before, the effort was futile
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causes of being what you are not! It is a futile search
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and pursue lines of action totally futile
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All dependence on another is futile, for what others can give
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would be futile, as the nearest town was hundreds of miles away
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I sent a few futile emails to the few friends I have, trying to plan a sesh in the pub to celebrate, but I was so tired I couldn’t do it
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I even made a run for student council as an Independent, which was a futile effort since the fraternity guys had the candidacies sewed up
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The dozen humans are instantly incinerated, relieving their futile attack against Lady Equemev, and that is when Mark casts Concussion with a quick glance at the gnome attacking Lady Povon
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The still-flailing whips of the now meager group of officers who hadn’t already joined them in their flight, proved a futile, useless gesture
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“Again and again I silently railed at the stupidity of it, and I could not understand why you would do such a futile and self-destructive thing! But finally, as I groped for understanding, I saw the value of altruism, and I was humbled
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And right now, all of these fools are here attacking these Wards in order to get at you, which is a futile effort, instead of attacking one of our less well-protected positions
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Whereas Christians are being preoccupied to serve their “dead” pastors without realizing how futile it is
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Meanwhile, Mark had waited a good long five seconds, so it would be obvious to the attackers that their efforts were completely futile, then repeated his circular wave of magic blows to the face
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By the time he’s in the hallway, the scene of yesterday’s futile encounter with Simon, the shouting has begun
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meager group of officers who hadn't already joined them in their flight, proved a futile, useless
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An impossible and futile undertaking for one small child, and he soon gave up and joined the other children to watch the unbelievable action taking place
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Air Force B-57 bomber and two F-4C fighter planes bombed and strafed the cutter in a one hour contest of futile signals, radio calls and evasive actions
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But it was a futile escape
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Meanwhile, Mark had waited a good, long five seconds, so it would be obvious to the attackers that their efforts were completely futile, then repeated his circular wave of magic blows to the face
