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Futile medical care — refers to the belief that in cases where there is no hope for improvement of an incapacitating condition that no course of treatment is called for. It is distinct from the idea of euthanasia because euthanasia involves active intervention to end… … Wikipedia
futile — futile, vain, fruitless, bootless, abortive all denote barren of result. Futile and vain parallel each other only when they imply failure to realize an immediate aim {it was equally in vain, and he soon wearied of his futile vigilance Stevenson}… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
futile — [fyo͞ot′ l; ] chiefly Brit & Cdn [, fyo͞o′tīl΄] adj. [< Fr or L: Fr futile < L futilis, lit., that easily pours out, hence untrustworthy, worthless, futile < base of fundere: see FOUND3] 1. a) that could not succeed; useless; vain b)… … English World dictionary
futile — fu|tile [ˈfju:taıl US tl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: futilis that pours out easily, useless ] actions that are futile are useless because they have no chance of being successful = ↑pointless a futile attempt/effort ▪ a futile attempt… … Dictionary of contemporary English
effort — noun 1 physical/mental energy needed to do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable ▪ hard ▪ It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall. ▪ constant, sustained ▪ … Collocations dictionary
futile — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin futilis brittle, pointless, probably from fu (akin to fundere to pour) more at found Date: circa 1555 1. serving no useful purpose ; completely ineffective < efforts to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
futile — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ consider sth, describe sth as ▪ The president described these activities as futile. ADVERB … Collocations dictionary
futile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ineffectual, vain, idle, useless. See uselessness, hopelessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [To no purpose] Syn. vain, unavailing, useless, in vain, fruitless, hopeless, impractical, worthless,… … English dictionary for students
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
List of Canada's Worst Handyman 2 episodes — This is a list of episodes from Canada s Worst Handyman 2 , the second season of the Canadian television series that seeks to find the worst handyman in the country. Airdates listed are the first air dates on Discovery Channel Canada the date of… … Wikipedia
