in vain

English

in vain (comparative more in vain, superlative most in vain)

(idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure.
- 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
  we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain
- 19C, Friedrich Nietzsche
  On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 46:
  For some time Grannie tried in vain to comfort her.
(idiomatic) In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:
  , Exodus 20:7
  Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain

without success

Arabic: عَبَثًا‎ (ʿabaṯan)
Armenian: զուր (hy) (zur), իզուր (hy) (izur)
Catalan: en va
Chinese:
Mandarin: 徒然 (zh) (túrán), 白白 (zh) (báibái), 無益 (zh), 无益 (zh) (wúyì), 徒勞 (zh), 徒劳 (zh) (túláo)
Czech: neúspěšně
Dutch: tevergeefs (nl), vergeefs (nl)
Esperanto: sensolve, vane (eo)
Finnish: turhaan (fi)
French: en vain (fr), inutilement (fr)
German: vergebens (de), vergeblich (de)
Greek: μάταια (el) (mátaia), του κάκου (el) (tou kákou), εις μάτην (el) (eis mátin), επί ματαίω (el) (epí mataío)
Ancient: μάτην (mátēn), μάψ (máps) (Epic)
Hungarian: hiába (hu), hasztalan (hu), hasztalanul
Icelandic: til einskis, árangurslaus (is), unnið fyrir gýg
Italian: invano (it)
Japanese: 無益の (むえきの, mueki-no)
Kazakh: бекер (beker)
Korean: 헛되이 (heotdoe-i)

Kurdish:
Sorani: باداوه‌‎ (badawe)
Latin: in cassum, futtile, frustrā (la), in vānum
Maori: parau, paraurehe, huakore
Navajo: chʼééh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forgjeves

Nynorsk: forgjeves
Plautdietsch: vejäfs
Polish: daremnie (pl), na darmo (pl), na próżno (pl)
Portuguese: em vão (pt), inutilmente (pt)
Russian: напра́сно (ru) (naprásno), зря (ru) (zrja), да́ром (ru) (dárom), тще́тно (ru) (tščétno), впусту́ю (ru) (vpustúju), всу́е (ru) (vsúje), зря (ru) (zrja), безуспе́шно (ru) (bezuspéšno), по́пусту (ru) (pópustu) (to no purpose)
Serbo-Croatian: ȕzalūd (sh), ȕzalūdno
Slovene: zamàn
Spanish: en vano, en balde, inútilmente (es)
Swedish: förgäves (sv)
Tagalog: lihing
Vietnamese: hoài (vi)

disrespectful manner

in vain (comparative more in vain, superlative most in vain)

(idiomatic) Unsuccessful, failed.
- 2012, N.H. Pijls, Maximal Myocardial Perfusion as a Measure of the Functional Significance of Coronary Artery Disease
  The problems concerning contrast induced hyperemia and the in vain efforts to search for a contrast agent not influencing flow […]

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