In vain Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb to no avail
    vainly.
    • he looked for her in vain
    • the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution

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Definitions
  1. to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. " In vain doth valor bleed." Milton. " In vain they do worship me." Matt. xv. 9.

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