vain

It is vain to resist.

vain regrets. useful

a hollow person.See Synonyms at vain

a vain attempt to tidy up the room.

the vain hope of finding work.

they waited in vain for a response.

He is vain of his speech.

I don't like a vain woman.

He's very vain of his abilities.

writing barren of insight. See also Synonyms at vain

trying in vain to recapture his past

be tantalised by vain hopes

she waited in vain for him to declare himself.

They tried in vain to persuade her to go.

Her counterpart left in vain and vapidity.

They tried in vain to open the locked door.