futile attempt

collocation in English

meaningsoffutileandattempt

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futile
adjective
uk
/ˈfjuː.taɪl/us
/ˈfjuː.t̬əl/
(of actions) having no effect or ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition offutileandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Determining fetal status relative to that of a newborn is a far more fundamental problem than the oftenfutileattemptto define the exact age of viability.
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They are not aiming to target anti-avoidance so much as making afutileattemptto be anti-accountability.
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That was afutileattemptat whistling in the dark.
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And all this in thefutileattemptto placate your deadly and implacable enemies!
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I have never heard of a morefutileattemptto ride roughshod over the public.
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The main cost of this valuation scheme is incurred in consequence of afutileattemptto ascertain the site value.
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We already see a totally unnecessary andfutileattemptto persuade us about the need for water.
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They were encased in oil, contaminated by unidentifiable chemicals, heaped together, and some still alive making valiant butfutileattemptto decontaminate their plumage.
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What we have now is a rickety structure cobbled together in panic in afutileattemptto save face.
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Had they done so, we might not now be seeing afutileattemptto talk them out.
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Instead, he used the aircraft's parking brake in the ensuing emergency, in afutileattemptto arrest its speed.
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Binge eating has been described as afutileattemptto restock depleted emotional stores, when attempts at doing everything perfectly have failed.
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She returns after two years in afutileattemptto reconnect with them, who no longer recognize her.
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Between the two world wars, the government made afutileattemptto turn this hamlet into a settlement of 120 households.
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The residents west of the line made afutileattemptto be exempted from the treaty but failed.
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He tries to be suave, then strips off his clothes in afutileattemptat seduction.
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He then ordered the three outboard port boiler rooms flooded in afutileattemptto reduce the carrier's list.
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In perhaps afutileattemptto emulate him, the boy removes his baseball cap, and dons the other.
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After afutileattemptto get her to confess to the robbery, he allows her to join the party.
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Event organizers, in afutileattemptto stop the fighting, turned the arena lights off.
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