1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to clear the driveway was futile.
2. trifling; frivolous; unimportant.
So, I shoveled the driveway yesterday. We have a very long driveway but I did it in about an hour. I removed most of the snow-slushy mess so we wouldn't have a sheet of ice when we did decide to venture out. That path is wide enough for my SUV to fit down, plus I shoveled a path for Ronnie to park his car in the garage.. Pretty darned proud of myself considering I didn't grow up shoveling snow.
And then we woke up this morning to about 8" of snow that fell overnight.....
Like a friend of mine suggested, looks like I have some more work to do.