тщетный — meaning in English
tshchetnyy
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English meaning
- fruitless adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
- frustrate verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
- futile adjective Producing no useful result; pointless or doomed to fail.
- otiose adj Having no effect.
- vain adj Excessively proud of one's own looks or achievements.
- void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.
Senses
тщетный is used for these senses in English:
- fruitless (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
- frustrate ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
- futile Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- otiose Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- vain Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
- void Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
fruitless — full definition
- adjective Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.
- adjective Bearing no fruit.
frustrate — full definition
- verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
- verb To block or defeat a plan or effort.