英: futility、futile

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producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" (同)ineffectual, otiose, unavailing
uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

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(努力などが)むだな,むなしい / (人が)軽薄な,くだらない
〈U〉むだ,無益 / 〈C〉《軽べつして》むだなもの

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…determination . Isolated measurements of plasma glucose, insulin, and C-peptide are diagnostically useless. Interpretation of the value for any one of these substances is dependent upon the values of the…
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…Supplemental oxygen depresses ventilatory drive increasing hypercapnia and rendering the pulse oximeter useless for monitoring decreases in alveolar ventilation and increases in secretions, both of which cause …
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