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in vain
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Princeton's WordNet
vainly, in vainadverb
to no avail
"he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
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vainly
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A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.
Until the message is made abundantly clear that illegal economic migrants will not be processed, that boats will be turned back, thousands and thousands more sad and desperate lives will be lost in vain, all for your feelings of virtue, you’re not really helping people.
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Poem 85:
I love and I hate. How can this be, you ask in vain. I know not, but I feel it to be so and am wracked with pain.
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
Watch over thy expenditure, for he who through vain glory spendeth uselessly what he hath on empty follies, will receive neither return nor praise from anyone.
Translations for in vain
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- عبثًاArabic
- en vaCatalan, Valencian
- neúspěšněCzech
- vergebens, vergeblichGerman
- επί ματαίω, του κάκου, μάταια, εις μάτηνGreek
- vane, sensolveEsperanto
- en vano, en balde, inútilmenteSpanish
- turhaanFinnish
- en vain, à la légèreFrench
- hiábaHungarian
- til einskis, árangurslaus, unnið fyrir gýg, í hégómaIcelandic
- disdicevolmente, invano, alla leggeraItalian
- 無益Japanese
- 헛되이Korean
- باداوهKurdish
- futtile, in cassum, frustrāLatin
- vergeefs, tevergeefsDutch
- forgjevesNorwegian
- chʼééhNavajo, Navaho
- darmo, daremnie, na próżno, nadaremnoPolish
- inutilmente, em vãoPortuguese
- напрасно, тщетно, впустую, даром, всуе, попусту, зря, безуспешноRussian
- ȕzalūd, ȕzalūdnoSerbo-Croatian
- zamànSlovene
- förgävesSwedish
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