out the window

ADJECTIVE

futile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless hollow impractical ineffective ineffectual insufficient trivial unproductive unprofitable unsuccessful useless vain worthless

WEAK

abortive barren bootless delusive empty exhausted forlorn idle impracticable in vain no dice nugatory on a treadmill otiose profitless resultless save one's breath sterile to no avail to no effect to no purpose trifling unavailing unimportant unneeded unreal unsatisfactory unsubstantial valueless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

effective fruitful helpful productive profitable successful useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

hopeful

ADJECTIVE

gone

Synonyms

STRONG

absent consumed decamped deceased departed disappeared disintegrated displaced dissipated dissolved done elapsed ended finished flown lacking left lost missing moved passed quit removed retired shifted spent split transferred traveling vanished withdrawn

WEAK

AWOL astray away burned up dead defunct down the drain dried-up extinct no more nonextant not a sign of not here over past taken a powder taken leave turned to dust

Antonyms

STRONG

alive existing living present

WEAK

around current

ADJECTIVE

lost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absent adrift disoriented hidden invisible misplaced vanished

STRONG

disappeared forfeit forfeited gone lacking minus mislaid missed obscured strayed wandering

WEAK

astray at sea cast away down the drain fallen between cracks gone astray irrecoverable irretrievable irrevocable kiss goodbye nowhere to be found off-course unredeemed wayward without

Antonyms

STRONGEST

seen

WEAK

found

Example Sentences

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Neither movie does anything particularly interesting with its characters, but what’s most frustrating is that the humility Lightning McQueen learns in the first film is essentially tossed out the window.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

It’s usually wrong to stand in your ivory tower shouting out the window that a broad swath of people in the market are mistaken.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Before he left, Enchassi looked out the window to make sure it was safe to take all that cash outside.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Give me a chair that is designed for three hours of focused work instead of 30 minutes of sipping tea while I stare out the window.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

He still had that tingling feeling, and it contradicted what he was hearing from the television and what he was seeing out the window.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

out the window

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