vain

IPA: vˈeɪn

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
Showy; ostentatious.

Examples of "vain" in Sentences

Cassiopeia was vain and boastful.
He is rather vain and fastidious.
The struggle of this one is in vain.
I am in vain to extenuate the matter.
It is in vain to extenuate the matter.
He is vain and obsessed with the idea of fame.
All the attempts are in vain and the theme is abandoned.
He was restless, vain, and conceited, and addicted to gambling.
This effort to annihilate the importance of the decision is vain.
All the effort of concealment of forces and equipment was in vain.
"If, as it must be, what I have said, 'in vain,' is really the fact"
_Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain_.
For people that claim to know God I hope you know that taking the name of God in vain is sin.
GAH!!!! to many tildas, for the love of christ (thats not taking it in vain is it?), why … ..
So quoting the taking of the Lord's name in vain is okay in movie reviews, but hell is off-limits.
Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard.
Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions.
Jesus shall come to effect, by His presence (Isa 11: 4; Da 7: 17), that which in vain is looked for, in His absence, by other means.