Futile and Unable

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Futile adjective - Producing no results.

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Unable and futile are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Futile".

Nearby Word: futility

Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.

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Futile and unable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Futile" instead an adjective "Unable".

This proves to be futile, as they are unable to stop his internal bleeding and he eventually dies.

Source: Blood from the Mouth
It's even worse if you trap Gehn but fail to free Catherine; Catherine is unable to free the villagers and perhishes with them, leaving Atrus th the futile task of keeping Riven stable.

Source: Bittersweet Ending / Video Games
He obsesses over this one vision for the story, and when things stop going according to his plan, he's unable to adapt, and he breaks down in his desperate and futile attempt to force things back on track.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Web Comics

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