vain
adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL) /veɪn/Definition
C2 unsuccessful; of no value: The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover.formal It was vain to pretend to himself that he was not disappointed.Useless and futile in vain C1 unsuccessfully: I tried in vain to start a conversation. All the police's efforts to find him were in vain.Useless and futileUnsuccessful (people and things)
(Definition of vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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vagabond noun
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vagaries noun
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vagina noun
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vagrant noun
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vague adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
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vain adjective (SELFISH)
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vainly adverb
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valance noun
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vale noun
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valediction noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- negate verb
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- unrealistic adjective
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vainly adverb
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Useless and futile
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