unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
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untrue
not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"; "the facts as reported were wrong"
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causeless
having no justifying cause or reason; "a senseless, causeless murder"; "a causeless war that never had an aim"; "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change"