in vain
Adverb
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Adverb
in vain
- (idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure.
- 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
- we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain
- 19C, Friedrich Nietzsche
- On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain.
- 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
- (idiomatic) In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Exodus 20:7 ↗:
- Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain
- French: en vain, inutilement
- German: vergebens, vergeblich
- Italian: invano
- Portuguese: em vão, inutilmente
- Russian: напра́сно
- Spanish: en vano, en balde, inútilmente
- French: à la légère
- Italian: invano, alla leggera, disdicevolmente
- Spanish: a la ligera
in vain
- (idiomatic) Unsuccessful, failed.
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