Futile

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 244

fu'til, a. Of no weight or importance; an- swering no purpose; failing of the designed effect; usele vain trifling. [OF.; L. futilus, what easily pours out, fundere, to pour. See Fuse, v. — Futility, -I-tr, n. Want of importance or effect; usele ne .