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vain (EN)
adjektiv

adjektiv “vain”

grundform vain (more/most)
  1. förgäves
    They tried in vain to push the broken car up the steep hill.
  2. fåfäng (när det gäller utseende eller prestationer)
    She was so vain that she spent hours looking at herself in the mirror every day.
  3. meningslös (när det gäller brist på verkligt värde eller betydelse)
    His promise turned out to be vain when he failed to follow through with any action.