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nordlead said:

in vain
a. without effect or avail; to no purpose:

They tried in vain to move the the marooned boat from the sandbar

That is my best guess based off of your description.

That's what I was going to post, my dear nordlead.

AdventWolf, a related word may be "utopian" (in some contexts).



"I think that I don't think."

- Soli Deo Gloria -

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