Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Although Ravana tried to both tempt and threaten Sita into submitting unto him, all his efforts turned out to be bootless.

Mahabharata:  The more Duryodhana’s schemes to destroy the Pandavas turned out to be bootless, the more he became desperate to destroy them.

Bhagavad-gita:  If we live materialistically, everything we do will be exposed as bootless at the time of death.