vain

/veɪn/ adjective

Translation

in vain › without any success

boşuna, beyhude

I tried in vain to start a conversation.185219132312

vain attempt/effort/hope › A vain attempt/effort, etc does not have the result you want.

faydasız/boşuna/beyhude teşebbüs/çaba/ümit

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› too interested in your own appearance and thinking you are very attractive

kendinden başkasını görmeyen, kendini beğenmiş, mağrur, kibirli

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vainly adverb ›

kibirli bir şekilde

(Definition of vain adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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