in vain

Definitions

1. 1

   Without success or a result

   Without success or a result; ending in failure.

   • […]that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain[…]
   • 19th c., Friedrich Nietzsche On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain.
   • For some time Grannie tried in vain to comfort her.
2. 2

   In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning

   In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.

   • Thou ſhalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine:[…]
   • A fetishist regime attempts to annul the separation of image and spectator, to reinstall an immediate relation that promises (in vain) to provide satisfaction to desire itself.
3. 3

   Unsuccessful, failed.

   • Their efforts were in vain and he succumbed to his injuries.
   • The problems concerning contrast induced hyperemia and the in vain efforts to search for a contrast agent not influencing flow […]

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