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.]
Talkers and futile persons.
Bacon.
2. Of no importance; answering no useful end;
useless; vain; worthless. "Futile theories." I.
Taylor.
His reasoning . . . was singularly
futile.
Macaulay.