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futureless

American  
[fyoo-cher-lis] / ˈfju tʃər lɪs /

adjective

  1. without a future; having no prospect of future betterment or prosperity.


Etymology

Origin of futureless

First recorded in 1860–65; future + -less

Example Sentences

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It’s a film that fails to ask what might it mean, narratively, to revive our dead, only to have them live — soullessly — in this futureless state.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2023

Now it is a “dead city,” in Zelenskyy’s phrase: smashed, scorched; nearly flattened, nearly futureless.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

It is our sad fate that it has to happen again today and so into the futureless future.

From The Guardian Apr. 5, 2020

To idealists of the 21st century, it may seem that on many social, economic and ethical fronts the country has come to what seems a futureless halt, just as the museum’s civil rights story does.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2018

One almost wonders, in these futureless times, that so many of the former still remain.

From Pirate Gold by Stimson, Frederic Jesup

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