Exact Match:
- vainly
- to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- needlessly
collapse - without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the world" related words >
- amiss,
- astray,
- at a disadvantage,
- at the nadir,
- below,
- below deck,
- below par,
- below standard,
- belowstairs,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- bootlessly,
- down below,
- downstairs,
- far from it,
- fruitlessly,
- in the gutter,
- in vain,
- infra,
- least,
- least of all,
- less,
- off,
- short of,
- substandard,
- to no purpose,
- under,
- under par,
- underfoot,
- vainly
- adrift,
- amiss,
- astray,
- below the mark,
- beside the mark,
- beside the question,
- bootlessly,
- extraneous,
- extrinsic,
- far from it,
- fruitlessly,
- immaterial,
- impertinent,
- in vain,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- incidental,
- inconsequent,
- irrelative,
- irrelevant,
- nihil ad rem,
- nonessential,
- not at issue,
- off the subject,
- out-of-the-way,
- parenthetical,
- to no purpose,
- unessential,
- vainly
- aimlessly
collapse
- in an aimless manner; "he wandered around aimlessly" related words >
- anarchically,
- at haphazard,
- at hazard,
- at random,
- bootlessly,
- casually,
- chaotically,
- confusedly,
- dispersedly,
- dysteleologically,
- fecklessly,
- fruitlessly,
- futilely,
- haphazardly,
- indiscriminately,
- inexplicably,
- insignificantly,
- meaninglessly,
- needlessly,
- nonconnotatively,
- nondenotatively,
- nonsensically,
- planlessly,
- pointlessly,
- promiscuously,
- purposelessly,
- randomly,
- riotously,
- senselessly,
- stochastically,
- to little purpose,
- to no purpose,
- turbulently,
- unaccountably,
- unmeaningly,
- unnecessarily,
- unsignificantly,
- uselessly,
- vaguely,
- vainly,
- wanderingly
- pointlessly
collapse
- in a pointless manner; "he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery" related words >
- aimlessly,
- aridly,
- barrenly,
- bloodlessly,
- bootlessly,
- colorlessly,
- dismally,
- draggily,
- drearily,
- drearisomely,
- dryly,
- dully,
- dustily,
- effetely,
- emptily,
- fecklessly,
- fruitlessly,
- futilely,
- heavily,
- hollowly,
- inanely,
- insipidly,
- jejunely,
- lifelessly,
- needlessly,
- pallidly,
- ploddingly,
- ponderously,
- purposelessly,
- slowly,
- spiritlessly,
- stodgily,
- stuffily,
- superficially,
- tastelessly,
- tediously,
- to little purpose,
- to no purpose,
- uninterestingly,
- unnecessarily,
- uselessly,
- vainly,
- vapidly
- astray
collapse
- away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray" related words >
- abashed,
- aberrant,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- afield,
- all abroad,
- all off,
- all wrong,
- amiss,
- askew,
- at fault,
- at sea,
- awry,
- badly,
- below the mark,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- bewildered,
- bootlessly,
- bothered,
- clear,
- clueless,
- confused,
- corrupt,
- deceptive,
- defective,
- delusive,
- deviant,
- deviational,
- deviative,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dismayed,
- disoriented,
- distorted,
- distracted,
- distraught,
- disturbed,
- embarrassed,
- errant,
- erring,
- erroneous,
- erroneously,
- fallacious,
- fallaciously,
- false,
- falsely,
- far afield,
- far from it,
- faultful,
- faultfully,
- faultily,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- fruitlessly,
- guessing,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- illogical,
- illusory,
- in a fix,
- in a maze,
- in a pickle,
- in a scrape,
- in a stew,
- in vain,
- lost,
- mazed,
- mistakenly,
- not right,
- not true,
- off,
- off the track,
- out,
- peccant,
- perturbed,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- put-out,
- self-contradictory,
- straying,
- to no purpose,
- turned around,
- unfactual,
- unfavorably,
- unorthodox,
- unproved,
- untrue,
- untruly,
- upset,
- vainly,
- wide,
- without a clue,
- wrong,
- wrongly
- amiss
collapse
- in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly" related words >
- aberrant,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- afield,
- all abroad,
- all off,
- all wrong,
- askew,
- astray,
- at fault,
- awry,
- bad,
- badly,
- below the mark,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- blamable,
- blameful,
- bootlessly,
- bum,
- censurable,
- cockeyed,
- confused,
- convulsed,
- corrupt,
- crappy,
- culpable,
- deceptive,
- defective,
- delusive,
- deranged,
- deviant,
- deviational,
- deviative,
- disarranged,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- disorganized,
- dissatisfactory,
- distorted,
- disturbed,
- errant,
- erring,
- erroneous,
- erroneously,
- evil,
- evilly,
- fallacious,
- fallaciously,
- false,
- falsely,
- far from it,
- faultful,
- faultfully,
- faultily,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- fruitlessly,
- guilty,
- haywire,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- ill,
- illogical,
- illusory,
- imperfect,
- imperfectly,
- improper,
- improperly,
- in disorder,
- in vain,
- inaccurately,
- inappropriately,
- incorrect,
- incorrectly,
- indiscreetly,
- inopportunely,
- misinterpret,
- misplaced,
- mistake,
- mistakenly,
- misunderstand,
- not right,
- not true,
- off,
- off the track,
- on the fritz,
- out,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- out of kelter,
- out of kilter,
- out of order,
- out of place,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- peccant,
- perturbed,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- poor,
- poorly,
- punk,
- reprehensible,
- roily,
- rotten,
- self-contradictory,
- shuffled,
- sick,
- sinful,
- straying,
- to no purpose,
- turbid,
- turbulent,
- unfactual,
- unfavorably,
- unholy,
- unorthodox,
- unpropitiously,
- unproved,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsettled,
- untoward,
- untrue,
- untruly,
- unwisely,
- up,
- upset,
- vainly,
- wide,
- wrong,
- wrongly
- Gascon,
- abortive,
- absurd,
- airy,
- arrogant,
- asinine,
- barren,
- baseless,
- boastful,
- boasting,
- bootless,
- bootlessly,
- braggart,
- bragging,
- catchpenny,
- cocky,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- consequential,
- counterproductive,
- coxcombical,
- dandyish,
- delusive,
- delusory,
- doomed,
- effete,
- egocentric,
- egoistic,
- egotistical,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- fanfaron,
- fanfaronading,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flimsy,
- foolish,
- foppish,
- foredoomed,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- fruitlessly,
- futile,
- futilely,
- gasconading,
- groundless,
- haughty,
- hollow,
- idle,
- ill-founded,
- improperly,
- in vain,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inoperative,
- invalid,
- light,
- misleading,
- narcissan,
- narcissine,
- narcissistic,
- narcistic,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- overproud,
- overweening,
- paltry,
- petty,
- pointless,
- profitless,
- proud,
- puny,
- self-admiring,
- self-advertising,
- self-applauding,
- self-approving,
- self-assuming,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-congratulating,
- self-congratulatory,
- self-content,
- self-contented,
- self-delighting,
- self-endeared,
- self-esteeming,
- self-flattering,
- self-glorious,
- self-gratulating,
- self-gratulatory,
- self-important,
- self-lauding,
- self-loving,
- self-respecting,
- self-satisfied,
- self-sufficient,
- self-vaunting,
- shallow,
- silly,
- slender,
- slight,
- smug,
- sterile,
- stuck-up,
- superficial,
- thrasonic,
- thrasonical,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unavailable,
- unavailing,
- unbased,
- unfounded,
- ungrounded,
- unproductive,
- unprofitable,
- unsuccessful,
- unsuccessfully,
- unsupportable,
- unsupported,
- unsustainable,
- unsustained,
- untenable,
- unwarranted,
- useless,
- vacuous,
- vainglorious,
- vainly,
- valueless,
- vapid,
- vaporing,
- vaunting,
- void,
- windy,
- without basis,
- without foundation,
- worthless
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