In Vain
WordNet
adverb
(1) To no avail
"He looked for her in vain"
"The city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- Without success; 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"
- In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
- , Exodus 20:7
- Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain
- , Exodus 20:7