in vain English

Meaning in vain meaning

What does in vain mean?

in vain

— adverb (= vainly) to no avail he looked for her in vain the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution

Synonyms in vain synonyms

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in vain English » English

for nothing

uselessly

vainly

useless

unsuccessfully

pointlessly

to no purpose

fruitlessly

without reason

needlessly

futile

for no reason

to no avail

pointless

ineffectual

free

without result

idly

gratuitously

futilely

die for nothing

wasted

waste

unprofitably

ordinary

nothing

just

groundlessly

gratis

for free

empty-handed

aimlessly

wrongly

wrong

without trying

without purpose

without cause

vain

vacant

unrelated

unnecessary

unnecessarily

unfit

uncareful

unavailing

tranquil

silent

roughly

quiet

peaceful

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Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations Result

Without result

• What words indicate that something had no result?
  without result without effect in vain to no avail with no result have no discernable effect pointless useless worthless be left with nothing not yield

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations Purpose

Without purpose

• What words indicate that there is no purpose to an action?
  without purpose for no purpose in vain purposeless senseless chance indiscriminate meaningless pointless undirected

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But if I stop aiming for something, my father will have died in vain.