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in vain
adjective as in fruitless
adjective as in futile
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When Montezuma's tree fell the people gathered on the house-tops to watch the east-in vain, for the white man was there.
From Project Gutenberg
A man is not an elder because his head is gray; his age may be ripe, but he is called "Old-in-vain."
From Project Gutenberg
I come as a friend, and that I may save you a labour-in-vain trouble.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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