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detailed, Byzantine: <strong>The</strong> style is a bit too fussy for my taste.<br />

futile adj. unsuccessful, unavailing, useless, unpr<strong>of</strong>itable, vain,<br />

abortive, pr<strong>of</strong>itless, bootless, worthless, empty, sterile,<br />

barren, unproductive, impotent, ineffective, ineffectual;<br />

Chiefly literary sleeveless: After several futile attempts to<br />

get in touch with you, I gave up.<br />

future n. 1 days or time to come; tomorrow: Who knows what the future<br />

may bring?<br />

--adj. 2 coming, tomorrow's, later, prospective, following,<br />

unborn, subsequent, expected, approaching; to be to come:<br />

Future generations will appreciate what we have done here.<br />

fuzzy adj. 1 woolly, downy, linty, fleecy, furry, fluffy, frizzy,<br />

flossy, flocculent, floccose, floccus; feathery: Tiny bits from<br />

her fuzzy pullover kept coming <strong>of</strong>f on my suit. 2 dim, faint,<br />

hazy, foggy, misty, blurred, blurry, indistinct, unclear, vague,<br />

shadowy, indefinite, obscure, ill-defined, woolly, distorted:<br />

<strong>The</strong> picture was too fuzzy to make out any details.<br />

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gab v. 1 jabber, gabble, chatter, gibber, blather or blether,<br />

prate, prattle, blab, gossip, Colloq Brit natter, witter, Slang<br />

jaw, yack, US run <strong>of</strong>f at the mouth: Stop gabbing and get on<br />

with your work!<br />

--n. 2 chatter, chit-chat, prattle, jibber-jabber, jabber,<br />

gossip, blarney, blather or blether, tittle-tattle; cackle,<br />

moonshine, nonsense, drivel, twaddle, rubbish, gobbledegook or<br />

gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo, poppycock, bunk or bunkum,<br />

balderdash, stuff and nonsense, hogwash, eyewash, Colloq piffle,<br />

flummery, rot, bull, codswallop, Slang bullshit, horseshit,<br />

shit, crap, garbage, Chiefly Brit tosh, balls: He had nothing

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