VAIN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of vain in English
vain adjective
(NOT SUCCESSFUL )
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unsuccessful Our attempts to change the law were unsuccessful. failed The company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product. bad Sales have been really bad this quarter. fruitless All our pleas that she stay in school were fruitless - she left anyway. unfruitful The negotiations were unfruitful.
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vain adjective
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(Definition of vain from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
vain | Intermediate English
vain adjective [-er/-est only]
(UNSUCCESSFUL )
vain adjective [-er/-est only]
(SELFISH )
(Definition of vain from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of vain
vain
We do not wait in vain , for we know how the story ends.
I don't want yet another police officer to die in vain .
The policy has been vain in all meanings of the word.
His attempts to convince investors and the public of its importance were in vain .
Are the efforts to bring digital deeper into the creative workflow all in vain ?
Remember the last time you went shopping and were looking in vain for shoes a half-size larger?
Just ask certain autocratic countries that have tried in vain .
But the power of the anti-appeasement proposition was so great in 1950 that one can search in vain for dissenting voices.
But, frustratingly, the vainest events are exclusive and not appropriate for sharing with others, especially in detail.
I tried, in vain , to get my head around the idea of infinity for an eternity.
They were judged as gaudy, excessive, (the yachts, the diamonds, the houses, the entourage) wasteful, foolish and vain glorious.
That political courage can not have been in vain .
Devising a new economic and social model has been a much greater problem, and one with which most leading oil exporters have contended in vain .
No, doggie plastic surgery isn't designed to make vain mutts feel better about themselves.
The effort to record everything is vain and soon starts to feel empty.
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Translations of vain
in Chinese (Traditional)
不成功的, 徒勞的, 枉然的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
不成功的, 徒劳的, 枉然的…
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vano, inútil, vanidoso…
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inútil, vaidoso, vaidoso/-osa…
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व्यर्थ, अयशस्वी, मूल्य नसलेले…
kendinden başkasını görmeyen, kendini beğenmiş, mağrur…
vain/-e, vaniteux/-euse, vaniteux…
வெற்றியுறாத, எந்த மதிப்பும் இல்லை, உங்கள் சொந்த தோற்றம் அல்லது சாதனைகளில் மிகவும் ஆர்வமாக இருக்கிறேன்…
નિરર્થક, વ્યર્થ, મિથ્યાડંબરી…
forfængelig, forgæves, nytteløs…
forgjeves, forfengelig, tom…
بے بنیاد, بے حقیقت, بے مقصد…
самовдоволений, марний, даремний…
тщеславный, самовлюбленный…
వ్యర్థం / విజయవంతం కానిది, విలువ లేనిది, మీ వేషభాషలు లేదా విజయాల మీద చాలా ఆసక్తితో ఉండడం…
مَغْرور, مُتَباهٍ, بلا جَدوى…
বৃথা, দাম্ভিক, অত্যাধিক সচেতন…
nafoukaný, marný, prázdný…
sombong, sia-sia, kosong…
kiêu ngạo, tự phụ, không thành công…
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