the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility (361)
Subcategories:
— [noun] (87)
— [adjective] (146)
— [adverb] (42)
— be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] (43)
— be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] (25)
— speak in vain [verb (reflexive)] (1)
— in vain [phrase] (17)