| Definition of 'in vain' |
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1. (adverb) vainly, in vain
to no avail
"he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
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Sense: with no success
He tried in vain to open the locked door.
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 Afrikaans: onsuksesvol |
 Arabic: بِدون جَدْوى |
 Bulgarian: напразно |
 Brazilian: em vão |
 Czech: marně |
 German: vergeblich |
 Danish: forgæves |
 Greek: μάταια, |
 Spanish: en vano |
 Estonian: edutult |
 Farsi: بیهوده |
 Finnish: turhaan |
 French: en vain |
 Hebrew: לַשָווא |
 Hindi: व्यर्थ, बेकार |
 Croatian: bezuspješno, uzalud |
 Hungarian: hiába |
 Indonesian: tidak berhasil, sia-sia |
 Icelandic: árangurslaust |
 Italian: invano |
 Japanese: むだに |
 Korean: 헛되이 |
 Lithuanian: veltui |
 Latvian: velti; veltīgi |
 Malay: sia-sia |
 Dutch: tevergeefs |
 Norwegian: forgjeves, uten hell |
 Polish: na próżno |
 Portuguese: em vão |
 Romanian: în zadar |
 Russian: безуспешно |
 Slovak: márne |
 Slovenian: zaman |
 Serbian: uzalud |
 Swedish: förgäves |
 Thai: อย่างล้มเหลว |
 Turkish: boşuna, boş yere |
 Taiwanese: 徒勞 |
 Ukrainian: марно, даремно |
 Urdu: بے مقصد |
 Vietnamese: vô vọng |
 Chinese: 徒劳 |
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