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futile
English
Etymology
From Middle French futile, from Latin f?tilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fju?.ta?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fju.ta?.?l/, /?fju.t?l/
- Rhymes: -u?t?l (US)
Adjective
futile (comparative more futile, superlative most futile)
- Incapable of producing results; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
Synonyms
- useless, see also Thesaurus:futile
Antonyms
- effectual
- effective
- fruitful
Related terms
- futility
- futilitarian
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin f?tilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.til/
- Rhymes: -il
Adjective
futile (plural futiles)
- futile
Related terms
- futilité
Further reading
- “futile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin f?tilis (“futile, worthless”, literally “that easily pours out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu.ti.le/
- Rhymes: -utile
- Hyphenation: fù?ti?le
Adjective
futile (plural futili)
- futile, frivolous, worthless
Derived terms
- futilmente
Related terms
- futilità
Anagrams
- fluite
References
- futile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- futtile
Adverb
f?tile (not comparable)
- in vain
Synonyms
- frustr?
- in cassum
Etymology 2
Adjective
f?tile
- nominative neuter singular of f?tilis
- accusative neuter singular of f?tilis
- vocative neuter singular of f?tilis
References
- futile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- futile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- futile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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inept
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n??pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
Adjective
inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)
- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
Antonyms
- adept
- skillful
Derived terms
- ept
- ineptitude
Related terms
- apt
- aptitude
Translations
Anagrams
- nepit
Romanian
Etymology
From French inepte, from Latin ineptus.
Adjective
inept m or n (feminine singular inept?, masculine plural inep?i, feminine and neuter plural inepte)
- inept
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