Futile

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 42

fū′tīl, adj. usele : unavailing: trifling.— adv. Fū′tilely .— ns. Futilitā′rian , one who gives himself to profitle pursuits; Futil′ity , usele ne . [Fr.,—L. futilis — fundĕre , to pour.]