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   vain

   /veɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth: "their flattery made him vain" Similar conceitednarcissisticself-lovingin love with oneselfself-admiringself-regardingwrapped up in oneselfself-absorbedself-obsessedself-centredegotisticegotisticalegoisticegocentricegomaniacproudhaughtyarrogantboastfulswaggeringimperiousoverweeningcockyaffectedliterary:vaingloriousrare:peacockishhave an excessively high opinion of oneselfthink too highly of oneselfthink a lot of oneselfinformal:think one is the cat's whiskers/pyjamasthink one is God's gift (to women)Opposite modest
   • 2. producing no result; useless: "a vain attempt to tidy up the room" Similar futileuselesspointlessworthlessnugatoryto no purposein vainineffectiveineffectualinefficaciousimpotentpowerlessunavailingto no availfruitlessprofitlessunproductiveunsuccessfulfailedwithout successabortivemisfiredthwartedbalkedfrustratedfoiledarchaic:bootlessOpposite successfulproductive
   • ▪ having no likelihood of fulfilment; empty: "a vain boast"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘devoid of real worth’): via Old French from Latin vanus ‘empty, without substance’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vainness noun

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   What does vain mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! VAIN definition: 1. unsuccessful; of no value: 2. unsuccessfully: 3. too interested in your own appearance or…. Learn more.

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   What is a vain attempt?

   • A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended . The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule. I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up. He hunted vainly through his pockets for a piece of paper.

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   What does largely in vain mean?

   • Employers clearly hoped that the workers would stay longer, but their efforts were largely in vain (= unsuccessful). 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.

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   What is truly in vain?

   • truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the lord our god is the salvation of israel. kia ora, me tenei ra ka korerohia e au te korero mo taku whanau me te whanau mo nga mahi o aku iwi i nga tau moata 1600 ki te tau 1770 pea mai i nga tau 1800 ki te 1900 pea

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   Definitions of vain. adjective. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. “ vain about her clothes” synonyms: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed. proud. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride.

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   1. A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended. [...] 2. If you describe a hope that something will happen as a vain hope, you mean that there is no chance of it happening. [...] 3. If you describe someone as vain, you are critical of their extreme pride in their own beauty, intelligence, or other good qualities.