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adj. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated. Showy; ostentatious.

Syn. - Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal; shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant; deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling.

 -n. Vanity; emptiness; - now used only in the phrase in vain. For vain. See In vain. - In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. - To ...