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futile(adjective, weak, inadequate, feeble)
23
abortive(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
22
fruitless(adjective, weak, inferior, inadequate)
21
ineffectual(adjective, weak, inadequate, feeble)
18
useless(adjective, weak, failure, inferior, inadequate)
17
unavailing(adjective, weak, inferior, short, inadequate)
16
vain(adjective, weak, inferior, short, inadequate)
14
unproductive(adjective, weak, inferior, inadequate)
13
bootless(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
10
unfruitful(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
9
inefficacious(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
9
worthless(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
5
idle(adjective, weak, inferior, inadequate)
3
incompetent(adjective, weak, inadequate, feeble)
2
inefficient(adjective, weak, inferior, inadequate)
2
inoperative(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
2
lame(weak, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
2
nugatory(adjective, inferior, inadequate, feeble)
1
anticlimactic(inferior, inadequate, feeble, useless)
1
defeasible(inferior, inadequate, feeble, useless)
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