useless
çekim: karşılaştırma nutzloser · üstünlük am nutzlosesten
eş: sinnfrei, unnütz, vergeblich
zıt: brauchbar, nützlich
futile
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin fūtilis.
aile: futilement
sterile, infertile · fruitless, unproductive
eş: baldío, estil, infecundo, infértil, infructífero, fútil
köken: From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
aile: esterilizar, estérilmente
futile, frivolous, worthless
eş: capriccioso, effimero, fatuo, frivolo, inconsistente, insignificante
köken: Borrowed from Latin fūtilis (“futile, worthless”, literally “that easily pours out”).
aile: futilmente
empty, vacant · injudicious, ignorant, absurd
köken: Uncertain. The word does not occur in Middle Persian writings, except possibly in the Dēnkard, a 10th-century compendium, where it can be interpreted as "nihility"; whence it would be inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwc /pūč/). The word became widespread in Iranian varieties first in the fifteenth century onward, but existed before it. Possibly from the onomatopoetic…
aile: پوچی, پوچگرایی
useless, pointless · meaningless, purposeless
çekim: karşılaştırma nuttelozer · üstünlük meest nutteloos
köken: From nut + -loos.
aile: nutteloosheid
barren, sterile (unable to bear children) · infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly) · sterile, germless
eş: descalvado
zıt: fértil, produtivo
köken: Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
aile: esterilização, esterilizado, esterilizador, esterilizante, esterilizar
futile, purposeless, pointless, in vain
çekim: karşılaştırma ματαιότερος · üstünlük ματαιότερος
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μάταιος (mátaios).
useless · unnecessary; needless · forbidden, no (...ing)
zıt: 有用
köken: 無(む) (mu-, “non-”) + 用(よう) (yō, “use”).
aile: 問答無用
vain (overly concerned with one's appearance or reputation) · futile, vain (having no chance of success)
çekim: karşılaştırma fåfängare · üstünlük fåfängast
köken: From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile". Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fåfengd.
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aimless, purposeless · pointless, futile
çekim: karşılaştırma bardziej bezcelowy · üstünlük najbardziej bezcelowy
eş: bezskuteczny, bezowocny, bezpłodny, bezproduktywny, czczy, daremny
zıt: nienadaremny, owocny, skuteczny
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰe Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ǵʰs Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź Proto-Slavic *bez(ъ) Proto-Slavic *bez- Old Polish bez- Polish bez- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-der.? Proto-Germanic *tiląder. Proto-West Germanic *tilder. Old High German zilder. Middle High German zilbor. Old Czech cílbor. Old…
aile: bezcel, bezcelowość
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futile, pointless
köken: Inherited from Sanskrit अकार्यार्थ (akāryārtha, “unsuccessful”).
futile (of a promise, not intended to be kept) · uncovered, bounced, unbacked (not backed with sufficient funds, as a cheque) · groundless, baseless (without any grounds to support it, like a rumor)
köken: kate + -ton
aile: katteettomuus
infertile, sterile, barren · hollow, idle
çekim: karşılaştırma jalovější · üstünlük nejjalovější
eş: neplodný, sterilní, neúrodný, neoplodněný, planý, bezobsažný
köken: Inherited from Old Czech jalový, from Proto-Slavic *jalovъ.
aile: jalovec, jalovice, jalovina
barren, sterile (unable to bear children) · barren (not producing vegetation)
çekim: karşılaştırma meddőbb · üstünlük legmeddőbb
köken: Uncertain. Perhaps a derivation from an otherwise unattested stem with the present participle suffix -ő.
hollow, empty, devoid of something · lacking · useless, fruitless, vain, futile
köken: Verbal adjective of the same root as careō (“to lack”), castus (“pure”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).
aile: cassō, in cassum, nux cassa
useless · futile
köken: From nytte (“use, usefullness”) + -løs (“-less”).
sterile: · germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms · free from danger
çekim: karşılaştırma lebih steril · üstünlük paling steril
zıt: subur
köken: From Dutch steriel, from French stérile, from Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (“barren, futile”).
aile: kesterilan, mensterilkan, pensterilan
useless
zıt: hữu dụng
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 無用.
fruitless · infertile
çekim: karşılaştırma по́-безпло́дни · üstünlük на́й-безпло́дни
köken: From без- (bez-, “without”) + плод (plod, “fruit”) + -ен (-en, adjectival suffix).
paltry · vain, futile
çekim: karşılaştırma márnejší · üstünlük najmárnejší
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *marьnъ Slovak márny Inherited from Proto-Slavic *marьnъ.