in vain

Adverb

 * 1)  Without success or a result; ending in failure.
 * 2) * 19th c., Friedrich Nietzsche
 * On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain.
 * 1)  In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.
 * 1)  In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.
 * 1)  In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.
 * 1)  In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَبَثًا, سُدًى.
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: дарэ́мна, дарма́, ма́рна
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: en va
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Chinook Jargon: k'ax̣chi
 * Czech: neúspěšně
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: sensolve,
 * Finnish:, tarpeettomasti, tarpeetta
 * French: ,
 * Galician: en balde, en van
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: μάτην, ἅλιον, μάψ
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: til einskis,, unnið fyrir gýg
 * Ingrian: turhaa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: бекер
 * Korean: 헛되이
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin: in cassum, futtile,, in vānum
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Manchu: ᠮᡝᡴᡝᠯᡝ
 * Maori: parau, paraurehe, huakore
 * Navajo: chʼééh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forgjeves, fånyttes
 * Nynorsk: forgjeves
 * Old English: on īdel, hōlinga
 * Plautdietsch: vejäfs
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, în zadar
 * Russian:, , , , , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ȕzalūdno
 * Slovene: zamàn
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lihing
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ма́рно, даре́мно, дарма́
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: en van
 * German:, lästerlich, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπὶ ματαίῳ
 * Hungarian:, tiszteletlenül, illetlenül
 * Icelandic: í hégóma
 * Italian:, alla leggera,
 * Polish: nadaremno
 * Spanish: a la ligera
 * Tagalog: sa walang kabuluhan

Adjective

 * 1)  Unsuccessful, failed.
 * Their efforts were in vain and he succumbed to his injuries.

Translations

 * Esperanto: sensolva,