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in vain

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When Montezuma's tree fell the people gathered on the house-tops to watch the east-in vain, for the white man was there.

A man is not an elder because his head is gray; his age may be ripe, but he is called "Old-in-vain."

I come as a friend, and that I may save you a labour-in-vain trouble.

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On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in vain, such as: abortive, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, pointless, and unproductive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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