Unoccupied vs Futile - What's the difference?
unoccupied | futile | Related terms |
(of a house etc) Not inhabited, especially by a tenant
Not being used; vacant or free
Not employed on a task; idle
(of territory) Not occupied by foreign troops etc
Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
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Unoccupied is a related term of futile.
As adjectives the difference between unoccupied and futile
is that unoccupied is (of a house etc) not inhabited, especially by a tenant while futile is incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.unoccupied
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(en adjective)futile
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(en adjective)Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham, passage=Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile .}}
