Vain - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

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Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him

adjective

Too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities

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Without wishing to sound conceited, i am the best salesperson in the company.

adjective

Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centred.

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Egocentric loners with an overinflated sense of self-worth

noun

An egocentric person.

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The other are a bunch of stadium-hogging egocentrics whose lead singer has almost bankrupt the band…

adjective

Thinking only about yourself and what is good for you

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Babies are entirely egocentric, concerned only with when they will next be fed.

adjective

→  egotistic

adjective

Considering yourself to be better or more important than other people

adjective

Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centred.

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He's selfish, egotistical, and arrogant

adjective

Having an inflated idea of one's own importance

noun

The tendency to think only about yourself and consider yourself better and more important than other people

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My brother is such an egotist.

adjective

Failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive or useless.

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His fruitless attempts to publish poetry

adjective

Unsuccessful or not productive

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After months of fruitless negotiations with team owners, the city withdrew its offer to build a new…

adjective

If an action or attempt to do something is fruitless, it is unsuccessful or produces nothing of value

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All diplomatic attempts at a peaceful solution to the crisis have been fruitless.

adjective

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

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A futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage

adjective

Achieving no result; not effective or successful

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The plane detoured north in a futile attempt to avoid the bad weather., a sense of futility and pow…

adjective

(of actions) having no effect or achieving nothing

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Attempts to get supplies to the region are futile because troops will not allow the aid convoy to e…

adjective

Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless.

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He was seized with an impotent anger

adjective

Lacking the power or ability to change or improve a situation

adjective

Not having the power or ability to change or improve a situation

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You feel so impotent when your child is ill and you cannot help them.

adjective

Not producing any significant or desired effect.

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The legal sanctions against oil spills are virtually ineffective

adjective

Not producing the results that are wanted; not effective

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Those pills were ineffective – i still have a headache.

adjective

Not producing the effects or results that are wanted

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They made an ineffective attempt to get the rules changed., prove ineffective the army has proved i…

adjective

Not producing any significant or desired effect.

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An ineffectual campaign

adjective

Not able to produce good results

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An ineffectual teacher

adjective

Not skilled at achieving, or not able to produce, good results

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An ineffectual leader, ineffectual at the teachers were ineffectual at maintaining discipline.

adjective

Having or showing an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.

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A narcissistic actress

adjective

Having an inflated idea of one's own importance

adjective

Having too much interest in and admiration for yourself

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A narcissistic personality, narcissistic people have a hard time seeing another person's point of v…

adjective

Of no value or importance.

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A nugatory and pointless observation

adjective

Worth nothing or of little value

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A nugatory amount

adjective

Having little or no sense, use, or purpose.

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Speculating like this is a pointless exercise

adjective

Having no useful purpose

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A pointless argument, the trip seemed pointless.

adjective

Without ability, influence, or power.

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Troops were powerless to stop last night's shooting

adjective

Without the power to do something or to prevent something from happening

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[ + to infinitive ] the government seems powerless to do anything about the rising price of oil.

adjective

Without benefit or advantage; pointless.

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A long and profitless public row

adjective

So involved with yourself that you do not think about anyone else; self-centered

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Henry is so self-absorbed it’s a miracle anyone bothers with him at all.

adjective

Only interested in yourself and your own activities

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Robert is a self-centred, ambitious, and bigoted man.

adjective

Only interested in yourself and your own activities

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A self-obsessed teenager

idiom

Fml without any success or any effect

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The students asked the school to help them raise the money, but to no avail.

noun

An intention or aim; a reason for doing something or for allowing something to happen

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[ c ] for budgeting purposes, you really have to start estimating costs now., [ c ] the delay reall…

noun

The reason for doing something or the reason that something exists

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Sb's purpose in doing sth my purpose in calling this meeting was to remind everyone of some basic r…

adjective

Achieving little or nothing; ineffective.

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Their efforts were unavailing

adjective

When an attempt to do something is unavailing, it is unsuccessful or has no positive effect

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Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.

adjective

Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.

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Unproductive land must be reforested

adjective

Not useful, or not creating anything

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We wasted three days in unproductive discussions.

adjective

Not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount

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Unproductive investments/jobs/projects, grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a u…

adjective

Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.

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A piece of useless knowledge

adjective

Of no value; worthless

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With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.

adjective

Having no real value or use.

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That promise is worthless

adjective

Having no value in money

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Now that the company has gone bankrupt, your contract is worthless., examples of this artist’s earl…

adjective

Having no value

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The stock is virtually worthless, trading at less than 6 cents a share., the security system he bou…