wish one joy of it
futility
mug's game
hassle
fool's errand
exercise in futility
hamstring
useless
whistle in the wind
run adrift
piss up a rope
lamely
nugatory
pound sand
uneffective
languish
disabled
piffle
weak tea
flake
constipation
run to waste
stultification
deadening
impairment
readiness
disconsider
lather, rinse, repeat
strike out looking
facility
on
bay
complacent
have a tiger by the tail
unwill
monkeys humping a football
monkey humping a football
that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee
vain
have the tiger by the tail
make a virtue of necessity
vainly
nail Jell-O to a tree
like painting the Forth Bridge
old college try
nonportability
pointless
ineffectiveness
run around like a chicken with its head cut off
inertia
inefficacy
putter around
when the going gets tough, the tough get going
submit
involuntary
take
push one's luck
do-or-die
helpless
bang one's head against a brick wall
incompliance
what's the use
futilitarian
pipe dream
plow ahead
underthink
inefficient
drive a coach and horses through
reach
compulsion
praecipe
baffle
queer
in a pinch
shiftlessness
unable
vitiate
waste of effort
thwart
scotch
untoward
frustrate
indirection
bear
spoil
stultify
waste of energy
scruple
bilk
cross
foil
at a pinch
nonconsequence
nonfailure
fail
wear
offcast
expediency

English words for 'indicates that the described action, although strongly desired or sought by someone, will be futile.'

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