| futile | (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain |
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| (adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |
| futilely | (adverb) in a futile and unproductive manner | - |
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| futility | (noun) uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result | - |
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| futon | (noun) mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame | - |
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| future | (adjective) yet to be or coming | - |
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| (adjective) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened | - |
| (adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | Synonyms: next, succeeding |
| (adjective) effective in or looking toward the future | - |
| (noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | - |
| (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | Synonyms: future tense |
| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: futurity, hereafter, time to come |
| futureless | (adjective) having no prospect or hope of a future | - |
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| futurism | (noun) the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future | - |
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| (noun) an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age | - |
| futurist | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futuristic |
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| (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: fantast |
| (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future | - |
| futuristic | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futurist |
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| futuristics | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futurology |
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| futurity | (noun) the quality of being in or of the future | - |
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| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, hereafter, time to come |
| futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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