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vain
adjective as in egotistical
adjective as in futile, useless
Weak matches
- abortive
- barren
- bootless
- delusive
- delusory
- empty
- going nowhere
- hollow
- idle
- in vicious circle
- inefficacious
- insignificant
- misleading
- no-win
- not a prayer
- nugatory
- on a treadmill
- otiose
- paltry
- pointless
- profitless
- puny
- senseless
- shuck
- slight
- sterile
- time-wasting
- trifling
- unavailing
- unimportant
- unnotable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- valueless
- void
- worthless
Example Sentences
Strong cases languished in bureaucratic limbo while families of applicants pleaded in vain.
For the next three years of his administration, the Democratic president and his aides pointed to economic indicators and data in vain, as the public's mood remained dark.
Back then, I was pretty vain, and we would do this push-up routine before I went onstage so I’d look jacked.
When I was younger, bald men were often the butt of jokes - but taking steps to regain lost hair seemed to be viewed as effeminate and vain.
"Everything she fought for was not in vain," she added, noting that she "broke down" when she heard the news at work.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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