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Значения термина vain на английском

Unproductive of success.

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Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

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Examples for "futile"
Examples for "futile"
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Therefore, hoping it will happen in the future is futile, he said.
Reuters
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But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved futile.
The Irish Times
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I once treated a young father who decided to stop futile chemotherapy.
The Guardian
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Employers branded today's action futile and insisted no more money is available.
The Irish Times
5
I often think that my mission was futile from the very start.
And the rat laughed
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Yet, each search over the course of almost two years proved fruitless.
The South African
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Fighting him on land is fruitless, he just slips back to sea.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
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But all efforts to find their family and their home proved fruitless.
The Guardian
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An unprecedented multinational search for the jet has so far proved fruitless.
Reuters
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That too was a fruitless effort; it had no intention of compliance.
The Hellbound Heart
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Luke Donald's diamond-patterned sleeveless jumpers are a throwback to older fashion days.
The Irish Times
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Loose-fitting women's tops rendered in natural fibers were sleeveless and seemingly carefree.
Reuters
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She soon peeled away two layers to reveal a sleeveless orange top.
Reuters
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She was wearing nothing but her panties and a sleeveless baby-doll nightgown.
The irresistible henry house
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The long, sleeveless pale-blue satiny dress she wore looked like a nightgown.
Black Deutschland
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But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife.
The Iliad
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The old Squire never learned of Halstead's bootless experiment in forced feeding.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
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Buddhism was an after-thought, only reached after six years of bootless asceticism.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
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Mr. Thomas Marvel stood bootless and amazed, his jacket nearly thrown off.
The Invisible Man
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Then came a sound as of bootless feet pressing the stairs stealthily!
The Freelands
Использование термина vain на английском
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I coaxed; I threatened; I persuaded; but it was all in vain.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
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They organize in vain; they protest in vain; they appeal in vain.
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
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I can say this, however: your good looks haven't made you vain.
Black house
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Mark inquired; Lord Minchampstead inquired; great personages inquired; but all in vain.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
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Her aunt scolded in vain; in spite of the remarks of Mlle.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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In vain they shouted; their voices were lost in the echoless air.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
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The room was empty; she searched him in all niches in vain.
Andrea Delfin
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But it was in vain; the tumult was constantly on the increase.
Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
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And in the midst of the fleecy tangle Snowball struggled in vain.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
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Faith is desire; and desires rooted in faith cannot be in vain.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
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In vain we pushed with the oars; the boat would not budge.
Driven Back to Eden
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Everywhere in the city, honest men begged for honest work in vain.
The Godfather
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As a rule, we are vain about our hands for good reason.
The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
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Several times I argued with him and the Cardinal; but in vain.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1...
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Perhaps it was a roe deer; McKay flashed the direction in vain.
In Secret
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It was all in vain; the move turned out to be premature.
South America
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