[むだにする, mudanisuru] (exp, vs-i) to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Futile \Fu"tile\ (?; 277), a. [L. futilis that easily pours out,
that easily lets loose, vain, worthless, from the root of
fundere to pour out: cf. F. futile. See {Fuse}, v. t.]
1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.]
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Talkers and futile persons. --Bacon.
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2. Of no importance; having no useful purpose; useless; vain;
worthless; pointless. "Futile theories." --I. Taylor.
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His reasoning . . . was singularly futile.
--Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
futile
adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: {futile}, {ineffectual},
{otiose}, {unavailing}]
2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
attempt" [syn: {bootless}, {fruitless}, {futile},
{sleeveless}, {vain}]
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